Amanda Knits

The line across the middle is the three-needle bound off shoulder. The vertical line to left of that is the picked up sleeve stitches. See how clean it looks? I'm making some progress, about 3 inches on each side done so far...

I HATE sewing in sleeves, even drop or modified drop. I especially hate drop because you don't have a very clear "start point." The modified drop gives you that, at least.

So on this dobok inspired sweater, I did some math and picked up the stitches along the armhole. I started knitting down (both sleeves, flat, not in the round). I'll have 4 seams total on this thing. Straight sleeves and straight side seams. (Well, there's side shaping, but the SEAMING is straight.)

Ta da.

And it just looks so darn CLEAN on the inside. I know, I know, clean seams, nobody sees them...but I know they're there.

I have about an inch on each sleeve done. Now it's just a heck of a lot of mindless knitting...

I think I'll finish this having used LESS than 6 full balls; I bought 12. Oops...

Why oh why oh why is it always like this?

I need the pieces to be 26 inches long.

I measure (twice, always twice) and it's 24 1/2".

I work what should be one inch worth of work and it's only 25". Hmmm.

I work what should be another inch worth and it's only 25 1/4". Hmmm.

I work what should be a half inch and double check (I am, after all, getting close to my goal) and it's 25 1/2". Hmmm.

I take the exact half inch worth of rows I just work, work that number and it's suddenly 27" long. Darn!

Anyone else get into the Twilight Zone of The Last Two Inches??

I've got nearly 20" of the dobok sweater front and back done. I'm pleased so far. I also decided to pick up that green yarn to duplicate stitch my name onto the sweater. I brought in the finished girl's baby sweater and the owner complimented me on it. That was nice. A compliment on my knitting in Korean!

Here are some more notes about the Dobok Sweater Thing. (I always love reading about other people's design thoughts/methods/etc.)

I am basically sizing it off of my dobok but adding side shaping. It really is a mostly square shape--26 inches long, straight sleeves, 46" at the bust, 40" in the middle, 46" at the bottom. The side slits are six inches long.

I'm making a pretty deep V. I debated a lot on V length. The bust will be a loose size 46, which means almost any V would be deep enough that bending over would cause exposure. So I figure make a deep, deep V and just expect to wear something under it that you can see—a cami, a tank, whatever.

I am using seed stitch for the border. I decided on st st for the body. It's light enough that I nearly want to hem the edge, but I decided that an inch and a half or 2 inches of seed stitch border all around would look good. If I-cord edging could control the roll, I'd use that. But it won't control the roll.

I bought this yarn in an eggplant purple—they have olive yarn in the same brand. I am very, very tempted to get one ball of olive or black yarn and then duplicate stitch my name—in Korean—on the edge of one sleeve or on the back of the neck. I think that would be sort of neat looking. I have a book on old Swedish knits where the initials and very often the year were stitched on the front of the sweater. I like the idea.

I want something casual enough that I can wear it constantly but slightly fitted so it's not too sloppy looking. I am knitting it in pieces (I am darn near sure this yarn would bias) and I'm tempted to seam it on the outside, but I probably won't since that would look too trendy outdated too quickly.

I think it'll turn out nicely. So far it's going well at least.

The Dobok Sweater so far...

Well, I got 15 inches length of fabric out of one ball of yarn with only one knot in it. It is worth the 7,000 won!

Shinsegae is a South Korean department store. I got my hands on one of their fashion magazines/catalogs and found this very odd fashion spread. Yarn on heads, shoes in boxes of yarn, and faux tapestry needles abound.

Because this is such a photo-heavy post, I've broken it into pages to prevent annoying people who don't want to see it.

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