I’ve been working on the Alphabet Sweater from Debbie Bliss for my toddler, and have encountered some technical difficulties. Perhaps you have too! At any rate, I started this project the day after giving birth to my newborn (about three weeks ago) and found that the border flared out:
Which created a very manly ruffle. The designer has you cast on the bottom garter stitch portion in #3 needles, the ribbing in #5 needles, and the rest of the sweater in #7 needles. I found that this was not enough to nip it in for the waist, and reduced by about 15% the stitches on the garter stitch portion (casting on 71 stitches for the 24 mo size), increased to the required number on the ribbing, while still working in #3 needles, and then punching up to #7 needles for the main size. I found that this worked! And I had the added victory of correctly doing simple math computation to my sleep deprived brain. (Newborns suck the smart out of your head for the first 6 weeks or so). Here is the second attempt:
I’m glad that this worked out, because I have just enough discontinued Jaegar Extrafine Merino Aran to complete this sweater. Here’s a closeup of the stitch pattern:
There’s a 4 st cable in the center, and 2 st cables flanking it. Very texturey!
