This nameless sweater is finished. I used Kelbourne Woolens Scout in heather and navy and aimed for a crew neck sweater with set-in sleeves and single stripes of color.

In my previous post about this sweater I discussed that some lack of foresight had me working with many many single ends to weave in when I got to the shoulder shaping on the back.

I remedied that a bit on the front by working from the top down instead, and just making some leaps and carrying the contrast yarn for a few stitches like it was fair isle on the sleeve and shoulder shaping. It looks fine seamed, but some of the sleeve cap bind offs had to be conducted over two rows instead of one. This might sound like gobbledegook. Either way, I’m not going to write up this pattern because I anticipate a nightmare of questions that would come in trying to explain this to other folks.

I’m pretty happy with it. I just moved past several mistakes and kept going. I started the ribbing on the back on a size 3 and then on the front I accidentally used a 4, so I continued with a 4 for the sleeves. I also messed up my tubular cast on for one sleeve, so I just did it the same way for the second sleeve. I’m letting go of perfectionism one stitch at a time, people. I’m grateful I got a sweater I like out of this experiment.

Based on my very rough notes I think I could replicate it someday if I want. Next time I’ll know how to avoid weaving in 8 ends per shoulder…