I knitted a raglan cardigan for myself. It doesn’t really fit. I only use it when I’m in pyjamas or when nobody sees me. So I’m going to frog parts of it and turn it into a cat blanket. One can never have too many of those…
Britney bij breiwerk
Britney OP breiwerk
On ravelry, I’ve noted the lessons from this project:
First I started with the standard raglan sweater pattern from Hoensestrik and had knitted the body + 1,5 sleeve. I was rather far with the 2nd sleeve, but found that my gauge was really too far off for them to be comfortable. So I frogged it. And started over again….
Gauge: 10X10 cm = 19 st X 28 rows.
finally finished this thing last month (jan 2010). Am not entirely satisfied. Will use it as a learning project
The back is too wide, the sleeves too long, the collar to wide, all of it too big except the sleeves which are fine. I’ll use it indoors
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december 2010
I found out, that I had mismeasured my arms (they were shorter) and that the measurements on the back were too wide. Also I had 1 or 2 sts less per 10 cm than in my swatch, and in the raglan part a more than that. So this is what I’ve learned:- Knit the swatch in the round. My knitting in the round is loser than to and fro. [I did knit the swatch in the round, actually.... I'm too inconsistant].
- Base measurements on an existing cardigan, not only my body.
- Knit the raglan part with thinner needles (0,5 should do)
- check the gauge while knitting.
Hopefully, I’ll make a better job of what I ‘design’ myself. I don’t see to have a lot of success making stuff myself. Alas, it seems that autodidact means ‘not good at it’ in this case….
