I have deemed 2020 to be the year of the sweater for me. I’ve only made three sweaters so far in my knitting career. The first one was a simple tunic of worsted weight for me. Then I made two more sweaters but made them for my daughter Sara. Even though she lives in Charleston, SC, it gets cool enough in the winter months that she can wear a sweater. I decided I needed to make some for me. It would help me understand fit better if I actually wore some sweaters I knitted.
I kicked off the year with an “advent calendar” kit. While technically I started it back in Dec 2019, I only knit about 20 rows so that I could start it with my knitting friend Kim. I put mine aside as I had a pair of Christmas socks I was hoping to finish by Christmas. That didn’t happen but I did get them done in time to be put away with the Christmas clothes for next year.
So once we got to Florida I focused on the advent sweater, a simple tunic of fingering weight yarns. I’m happy to say it’s done and I am tickled with it. The sleeves are a bit too blousy but not bad. I had to rip out the I-cord bind-off of the body. Blocking might have fixed the curling but I wasn’t sure. I’m happy with the ribbed edging and simple bind-off which blocked well. While we were told to knit one ball after another, I learned that I should have used half balls for the yoke as the yoke is too much of the same color instead of the thinner stripes of the body. I’ve used leftover scraps of body yarn and double knitted rows to bring some of the body colors up to the yoke. Plus I’m making a cowl out of the 3+balls that I didn’t use for the sweater to bring some color to the neck.I
So 2020 is off to a good start. I was afraid a sweater would take me three months so I only planned 4 for the year. This one took me 2 months. So I’m hopeful that I will complete all 4 I have planned. Now to put the next one, Shellseeker, on needles.
Knitting Is So Fun 
Fab jumper ❤
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