the blue blog archives: bread sleeve

I'm so glad that I threw caution to the wind and went for stripey sleeves! I should have plenty of yarn to make sleeve number two. I am having a hard time with the sleeves though, because of how I lengthened the top. Keeping the same shape over a longer armhole, while making sure that the stripes still match up has been a real battle. This is my fourth attempt and the first that looks like it may have a real chance of fitting in the armhole. I'll sew it in this week to see if it's a keeper.

posted by alison at 8:48 am | in giant white bread

Comments

Those colors are so great! I would have zero patience for a fourth attempt... so, go you! Can't wait to see more on this one! Happy Monday :)

Posted by: Dani at May 2, 2005 10:04 AM

All you women who match stripes with set-in sleves are tougher than I am! Anna did it, too: http://autoscopia.com/amelia/archives/2005/03/is_she_pretty.html

Now I'm wondeering if it's not possible to calculate which rows in the cap will line up with which rows in the armscye and then just knit the sleeve cap down. I mean, there must be an easier way than knitting the same sleeve over and over, right? :-)

It's looking excellent! :-)

Posted by: Joan C at May 2, 2005 11:41 AM

You have the patience of a saint, but I couldn't live with mismatched stripes, either.

Are you cutting or carrying your yarns? Care to show us your edges?

Posted by: Colleen at May 2, 2005 1:16 PM

I really like the progress of your sweater. That sweaters's on my wish list, but I'm too lazy to do the math to upsize it.

Posted by: lynette at May 2, 2005 3:56 PM

Love the stripes! Love the colors! What a fun knit!

Posted by: Liz at May 2, 2005 11:01 PM

Oh, pretty sleeve! You're right, keeping that sleeve sequence on par with the armhole is HARD since the sleeve cap length is usually about 1.5" shorter than the armhole length. Makes you want to make nothing but raglans knit all together.

Posted by: Silvia at May 3, 2005 9:48 AM

A number of years ago I knit a fair isle sweater with set in sleeves from an English pattern. The bind off for the beginning of the sleeve cap and the beginning of the armhole occured on the same row of the colorwork pattern. The fair isle pattern of the sleeve matched perfectly to the pattern on the body of the sweater.

Posted by: judy at May 3, 2005 2:32 PM

Right Judy, that's exactly how this is one done. There are some rows before and then the cap starts at the same part of the stripe sequence as the body at the beginning of the armholes.

Colleen, I'll post a pic of the inside next time. I am definitely cutting the ends, since there's about 35 rows between main color repeats.

Posted by: alison at May 4, 2005 8:44 AM

so beautiful! can't wait to see it together :)

Posted by: rebecca at May 4, 2005 1:52 PM

Good luck, Alison, I'm sure you'll make it work.
Everytime you mention the bread sweater i get so hungry!

Posted by: Jenny at May 5, 2005 12:35 AM