0. I knitted the smallest size in Malabrigo worsted. I’m a thin, small-busted 90 lb. short woman. I do have long fingers.
1. Decreased needle size after I hit the gull wing pattern since I knew that the garter section would stretch differently than the lace part
2. Omitted the eyelets and did standard kfb’s for the increases
3. After some experimenting, I decided to do my yarn-overs in the reverse direction, which left less of a distinct “hole” in the lace pattern. The result was less blanket-y in my opinion, better with the Malabrigo. If I had used a different yarn (DIC or plied yarn), I would probably have stuck with the pattern as-is.
4. I like space at the armpit of my sweaters so it doesn’t feel like my circulation is getting cut off just because I’m actually wearing a shirt under the thing, so I added the extra stitches at the armpit and then decreased with a little triangle of stockinette in the pits (ssk, knit, k2tog).
5. I decreased the number of garter rows for the cuffs because I have tiny chicken arms and the large cuffs looked, well, large.
6. I’ve never blocked a fully assembled sweater before, but wet blocking was definitely the way to go with the merino single yarn.

Now that I have a baby girl, I’m going to knit her the original. Thanks for the pattern! I loved knitting it!

I made your lovely sweater, finishing it this past spring. I had a color change inside the yoke. Hard to describe, but the picture is on my blog here. http://ladyeuphoriadeathwatch.blogspot.com/2010/01/on-february-ladys-sweater-revisited.html

I really enjoyed making this sweater and it was the first larger knitting project after a long knitting drought. And I must say the first sweater I ever finished.

Thank you for sharing it with us.

Hugs, Lady Euphoria

Since square necklines and I are not the best of friends, I decided to knit it with a round yoke. I tallied up the total number of increases for my size, then knitted them in multiples of 8 on certain rows of the yoke (8 sts on 1st inc row, 24 sts on 4th inc row, etc.)

Blog link here:

http://swallowsreturn.typepad.com/swallows_return/2009/03/circular-yoke-notes.html

Marya.

I guess in my mind, a pattern should always be written for the person who has never made a sweater before. That way, anybody from a beginner to an expert can figure it out. This is my first sweater, and although I knew what PM meant, there’s a lot I’m figuring out for the first time. For instance - I never knew what “raglan” meant before, but I do now!

1. Knit using a thinner weight yarn, but went up a size to accommodate the smaller gauge.

2. Some made sleeves longer, omitting the bell shaped ends. Others shortened the sleeves to mid-upper arm.

3. A couple of knitters omitted the yo’s to raise the line to above bust line and it created a more form fitting bust. I think it turned out wonderful as with a curvy figure, it became very flattering.

The pattern is FANTASTIC!! It is versatile enough that modifications can be made without much issue.

Great Job and THANK YOU for sharing.

In the end, this has become my favourite sweater, worn for both casual and dressy affairs.

I think one mod I would make if I were to reknit is to move the top button down a couple of rows as it seems really high to me.

Thanks for making available such an awesome pattern. =)