Amanda Knits

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this yarn would bias) and I'm tempted to seam it on the outside, but I probably won't since that would look too trendy outdated too quickly.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...