creeping fig boxy pullover
Wednesday, November 03, 2021First off... I can't believe that today is Libby's 24th Birthday! TWENTY FOUR?!!!! How can that be? Wasn't she just four?!!! And wasn't I just 24?!!!
And, I know, I know, this isn't much of a boxy sweater as the name suggests. And, I absolutely fell in love with this sweater because of its boxiness and that is the beauty of the Creeping Fig BOXY Pullover. However, while I was knitting it, I decided my wardrobe had a lot of boxy already.
It didn't really dawn on me until I was envisioning wearing this and the look I wanted to achieve and that is when I decided to take out the "box". I suppose that is how ideas come to life.
I absolutely adore the cable detail along the raglan. Just enough detail to make it extra special.
I can only imagine that this will now be on continuous rotation in my closet.
Always up near the top of the pile!
This truly was a joy to knit with the squishiest yarn. There was a lot of "play" in the fibers so the actual fit wasn't achieved until I blocked this sweater.
And this yarn feels dreamy on my skin. No scratch at all!
BTW... I had the pleasure of meeting Beth MacDonald Stone at Rhinebeck. More on that soon!
Pattern: Creeping Fig Boxy Pullover by Beth MacDonald Stone
Yarn: Forge by Hudson + West
Needle: US size 7 and 8
Size: S
Thoughts and Modifications:
I bought this as a kit and joined a knitalong hosted by the girls at Knitting Posse. (Love them!)
It was such a fun knit with a combination of the sweater I like to knit; a little bit of detail to keep things interesting with some cruise control knitting thrown in.
I did make some modifications while I was knitting and pondering what I wanted to add to my wardrobe.
After reading other reviews, I decided to go up a needle size for the neck. So, I used a size 7 needles for all of the ribbing (AND DID A TWISTED RIB) and a size 8 needle for the sleeves and body.
I cast on 76 stitches (instead of 64) to make a slightly bigger neck and after the completion of the ribbing, decreased 12 stitches around on last row. Then I followed the size 1 directions until the split at the underarms.
Instead of the increases to make the sweater boxy, I decided to make a more fitted sweater. I bound off at raglan by k2tog, Bind off, K2tog, BInd off (6X) 178 stitches remainded and I joined to work in the round.
For the sleeves, I decreased 10 stitches. (40 st) and knit straight until 5 inches before the total length I wanted, then knit in twisted rib for 5".
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