Tee Progress

The Shaghai tee is progressing nicely.  I am making this a good 25 inches long or so, so I am not quite at the waist (it looks longer and narrower here than it does on me).  So far I have gotten the decreases just right.  I need to decrease another 12 stitches in the next 3 inches (18 rows) and then run evenly a little bit before beginning to increase again.  I'll do another try-on before I get to that point just to make sure everything is going smoothly.

Otherwise I like the color combinations that I have chosen as they are appearing in the knitted fabric.  Once again, I don't have a plan here, I am just knitting.  So everything is looking good.

Given the amount of yarn I have used so far, and how much is left, I am thinking that this sweater is going to have sleeves, probably 3/4 length, but I could be wrong.  The sleeves will be another experiment. I've never just winged sleeves without a plan before. But then again I am going to wing the armhole shaping too, just trying the sweater on and knitting to fit. 

I am considering knitting the sleeves from the sleeve cap down.  This is something else I haven't done before, although I have read about it.  This might make it easier to make sure any striping across the shoulders matches perfectly at the sleeve. I am about to end the striping on the body, at least until I get above the bust and into the shoulder area, and the sleeves will also be mostly plain.   If yarn quantity is an issue, knitting the sleeves from the top down will also give me a much better idea of  how much sleeve I can get from the available yarn.

Comments

[Holly]

I once ran out of yarn knitting asweater for my husband. I realized I was going to run short before I started the sleeves so I was able to make it work by adding a band of color at the top of the sleeves and I also had to do the collar in the band color. Stuff happens.

[Grace]

I knitted my set-in mood indigo sleeves in the round from the top down a la Barbara Walker. It looks and wears fine. There were a few gaps where I switched colors at the cap, knitting back and forth. But, I used the tail ends of the wool to duplicate stitch the gaps. It is only noticeable, if you look really closely and carefully. In reality, even I don't look that closely.

[Mary, Mary]

I agreed about the graduation ceremony--free ice cream and a water balloon fight would have been perfect. Your ribbed top looks great--I love that Missoni yarn. One thought--I knitted a sweater in the round last year where I picked up stitches around the armholes on a circular needle. Knitting those sleeves in the round was like twirling a pound of wool/acrylic around a chopstick. With your sewing experience, setting in a knitted sleeve will be easy. Good luck!