It’s officially fall, according to the calendar. Luckily, when I woke up this morning the weather was actually chilly enough to want to put on a sweater. Ok, ok. For me that’s upper 50’s Fahrenheit, about 14 Celsius. I know for many folks that might not be sweater weather. My brother in Minnesota does not put on the sweater I gave him until everything is frozen solid, but in Arkansas I find it acceptable to throw on a sweater at much warmer temps.
Today seemed like the perfect day to break out Docklight, a sweater I produced lovely Brooklyn Tweed pattern by Julie Hoover. The yarn is some Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock in Mediumweight. The color is Ochroid. This yarn used to be a Rocky Coast Cardigan, but the fit wasn’t great for me. It slipped off of my shoulders a lot. I loved the yarn so much I decided it was worth ripping and making into something else. Thus, a new sweater was born.
I did not use the specified weight yarn for this project. This is a heavy fingering weight, so I went up to the second largest size in the pattern to be able to get around a 38″ chest size for this sweater. All went pretty well, and I had enough yarn, despite earlier worries. I did alter the sleeves a little bit, spacing out the increases a little more than the pattern called for to try to save some yarn, but I would have been fine. I accidentally made the sleeves about 2″ too long, but I don’t mind rolled cuffs. This stitch pattern just seemed to eat up yarn, so sometimes it was hard to measure accurately. I also struggled with yarn that had some weak spots after being something else and being reknit. I have never used so many Russian joins in one project!
All in all, I’m happy to have another pullover for the upcoming cold weather. I can’t seem to think about anything but sweater knitting these days!
Docklight is one that I’ve wanted to cast on for awhile, now. In the same color, no less. Did you do the tubular cast on, or did you use a different one?
So sorry for my slow reply! Yes, I did the tubular one.
Beautiful sweater–love that color!
What an utterly gorgeous colour. Perfect sweater for Autumn. And what a great idea to reuse the yarn of a garment that didn’t bring you joy.
Beautifully knit. The color is perfect for fall.
That’s a beautiful sweater that really fits you well and looks great! Worth the effort!
I love this! So perfect and very fall.
Wow! It looks great on you and is the perfect color for fall.
Your Docklight sweater is so perfect for fall, and I love the texture!
That sweater is beautiful!