2006-14: Juliet Pullover

Pattern: Robin Melanson's Juliet Pullover from IK Summer 2004
Yarn: 12-1/4oz. 20/2 linen from Habu Textiles, double stranded
Beads: approx 45gm silver lined 8/0 hex from Bead Asylum
Needles: Inox Grey 3.25mm circular
Approx 2-1/2yds velvet ribbon

It's done enough to be called an FO. There was a ribbon snafu at the fabric store so some of it needs to be redone, but that can wait. I'm tired of the ribbon thing.

The second sleeve came together fairly quickly because I just followed my notes for the first sleeve. While the sleeve blocked, I picked up the 160sts(!) for the neckline and finished it.

Next came the sleeve seams and setting them into the sweater. Each sleeve seam took about an hour because I wanted the bead rows and the eyelet and garter rows to match across the seam. I had to back up and re-sew a few times, but I got it.

Setting in the first sleeve usually goes pretty fast. It's the second one that takes twice as long because I try and match what I did with the first one. So on this sweater, I tried something new--setting in both sleeves at the same time.

Matching as I went didn't work as planned because I didn't realize I'd be working them in opposite directions--the front first on one, the back first on the other--until I got started. But I still think it was a bit faster than doing them one at a time and like knitting 2 socks at a time, when I was done, I WAS DONE.

Wow. Look at that. Now where am I going to wear such a fancy thing?

Related posts:
Yarn purchase at Stitches West
Friends and fiber at TKGA
Swatching Juliet
Half back
Juliet Pullover back - check!
We have yardage
I'll know soon
Does it fit?