Yikes! Stripes

There are a lot of lovely striped sweaters around these days, so I decided to knit one myself. I used Sisu for the colour, a sturdy Norwegian sock weight yarn, a lightweight acrylic DK and a 3.75 needle.

It is size 7/8 for my grandson Max. The stripes stop just before the raglan shaping. This is not only attractive, but much easier to knit, as you are working "one technique" as it were, at a time. After completion, I realized the purl side looks just as nice as the knit side, however, the deed was done.

Sewing up the seams with the mattress stitch worked very well. The 2 by 2 rib is a multiple of 4 plus 2 so the ribbing seam matches properly. I used a 3 mm needle for the rib.

Matching stripes under the sleeves went very well. I used a blunt plastic tapestry (wool) needle. Very satisfactory.

The raglan shaping is worked 3 stitches in from the edge, to add the Marks and Spencer fully fashioned look.

The neckline is short rowed in order to keep the opening as stretchy as possible. Nobody likes a lot of friction on their ears when you pull over a pullover.

Nice to work with such a jolly green colour these snowy days and bonus, one ball of Sisu did the entire sweater with a bit left over, wow! All machine washable.