Finished Arbor sweater
Friday night I finished knitting my Arbor sweater.
- Vintage Columbia-Minerva yarn purchased at Goodwill years ago
- I think I used about 5 skeins plus or minus a few yards
- Arbor sweater by Melissa Burt found here
- Knit on size 3 needles
- size 2x
Overall I am pretty happy with how this turned out. Looking at the photo and remembering wearing it yesterday and knitting:
- Pay attention when it tells you to cable every other ribbing section
- I am not super thrilled with the neckline still, I knit it a few times and I feel like it is a bit bunchy/gathered. But if it was looser the neck would be too big. I think the lace pattern could be examined to cast on fewer stitches and eliminate the gathering?
- I think I might have done the top section just a bit too long?
Otherwise, I am happy. I wore it out Saturday night and to work Monday and everything went really well, no wear issues. Yay!
Back side
Closeup of lace pattern
Thanks for posting the tips on your blog. I have just started and I was thinking it might be too large as I was casting on for the 2X (After frogging for the first time) It was really nice to see the 2X on a person. Thanks again for the tips.