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~ Iceland...Once Upon A Time ~

**CORRECTED**

Once upon a time, this was Iceland. As a result of my inability to stick to anything that I start, however, it has morphed into something very very different. These are my pattern notes, convoluted though they seem.

First, the yarn. Patons Soy Wool Stripes… hate it. Several skeins had knots, and a few times, the yarn pulled apart because it is so flimsily held together. It's a bit on the itchy side, looks too fuzzy, and is bulkier-seeming than its worsted weight classification. Furthermore, I'm not sure how I feel about the self-striping on this particular project - - it seems like overkill on top of the stitch details.

Second, this is probably a good time to mention that I have a very great difficulty with seaming - - most of the time, I seam an item together in every possible incorrect way and have to reseam fifteen times to get it right. As such, my directions for seaming most likely make little sense. This is why I generally try to avoid seaming at all costs, but I couldn't conceptualize a seamless method for this project once I had decided how I wanted to construct it.

Third, the lace/cable pattern of Iceland is a lot of fun to work. That is, once I changed the cable to something of a twisted stitch. The pattern calls for a two-stitch cable, which I feel is a waste of time. After completing the first sleeve with the two-stitch cable, I was pretty fed up with it, and opted to transition to a twisted stitch for the duration of the project. Below is a detail of the sleeves - - one has the two-stitch cable pattern, the other has the twisted stitch. I can tell a difference, but I feel that in the grand scheme of things, the difference is negligible. At any rate, I would HIGHLY recommend employing the twisted stitch because the sweater knits up A LOT faster this way.


Measurements of finished object as follows:

Sleeves: 9" x 22" (wide x long)
Body Back: 21" x 18" (long x wide) - - 14" long to arms, then another 7" to neckline
Body Front: 14" x 10" (long x wide)

Note: part of Body Back wraps around to form the sides and a bit of the front.

Needles: 10.5US circular

Sleeves:

  • Cast on 43
  • Work k2, p2 ribbing for one inch
  • Work Iceland lace/cable pattern until length of arm is from wrist to collarbone (as my desired length).
  • Seam sleeve until 5" from the top
  • Work gusset over first half of 5" space (leave remaining 2.5" open - - this 2.5" on either side will be attached to the body later) - - I worked my gusset by picking up the middle seam stitch and picking up stitches along side of sleeves in garter until 2.5" long.

    Body-Back

  • Note, the Body-Back actually wraps around to the front of the sweater on either side.
  • Cast on 86
  • Work k2, p2 ribbing for one inch
  • Work Iceland lace/cable pattern until desired length from just before armpit (mine was 14" long)
  • With RS facing, employ three-needle bind off method to attach sleeves to body
    (Take "right arm sleeve" (doesn't matter which is which) and seam "front" 2.5" to beginning of Body-Back, continue this through the stitches on the gusset and the final 2.5" stitches - - this attaches the underside of the sleeve to the Body)
    (Repeat this process for the "left" sleeve)
  • Returning to right side of Body, continue working in pattern. As you work to the end of each row, pick up and knit the adjacent stitch from the top of the sleeve. Then, at the beginning of each row, pick up and knit another adjacent stitch from the sleeve, and then bind off two stitches). Continue until desired length up neck and bind off.

    Body-Front

  • Cast on 43
  • Work k2, p2 ribbing for one inch
  • Work in pattern to achieve the same length as you knit Body-Back until the armpit
  • Bind off
  • Seam one side of Body-Front to Body-Back

    Neckline

  • Pick up and knit in k2, p2 ribbing the stitches along the top of Body-Front, across the stitches on the sleeve, through the stitches on the neckline, and the other sleeve (stop when you hit the seam for Body-Back).
  • In k2,p2 ribbing, knit Neckline 'flat' until 1" long
  • Depending on which side you attached Body-Front, bind off ribbing on sleeve farthest from Body-Front, then Neckline, and the other sleeve
  • Continue in rib pattern on Body-Front and begin slant by reducing one stitch each beginning and end of open side of Body-Front panel). Reduce by one stitch as follows:
    - on RS, sl1, k1, psso (beginning of row)
    - on WS, k2tog
  • At the same time, at the point in the row where it hits the stitches on the Neckline, pick up and knit adjacent stitch on Neckline and then reduce by that stitch on next row by using sl1, k1, psso
  • Continue ribbing/slant/connect with Neckline until desired length and bind off.

    • Buttons: I did not work buttonholes for this project as the yarn was loose and sproingy enough to allow buttons to slip right through the stitches. Were I to work buttonholes, I probably would have worked a crochet edging of some sort.

    Posted by jennifer at 11:50 AM | | Comments (2)

    Comments

    Really, really love this! Great work!

    Posted by: Mari | June 1, 2008 4:32 AM

    That is teh awesome... I posted to you on ravelry, impressive!

    I agree on the yarn, I made handwarmers in it and not so fun...

    Posted by: peanutga11ery1 | June 24, 2008 8:47 PM

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