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A jumper from 1934
May. 21st, 2010 09:48 pmA month ago I started on a jumper from the book A stitch in time, which is a collection of british knitting patterns from 1920-1949. Since it's me we're talking about I of course had to make the most extreme of all designs: a jumper from 1934 with huge sleeves. (Apparently it's so extreme that even on Ravelry you can't find anyone who's actually made it, at least ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
herzeloyde says so, I haven't checked myself). I had to unravel the lower edge of the sleeves, because even if I intentionally made them shorter than the pattern they still were like three inches too long. But other than that it went rather smoothly even if I'm in no way an experienced knitter. herzeloyde sometimes had to help me interpret the instructions (and also help me when I had been drinking and knitting on Beltane).
Anyway, here it is:
herzeloyde says so, I haven't checked myself). I had to unravel the lower edge of the sleeves, because even if I intentionally made them shorter than the pattern they still were like three inches too long. But other than that it went rather smoothly even if I'm in no way an experienced knitter. herzeloyde sometimes had to help me interpret the instructions (and also help me when I had been drinking and knitting on Beltane). Anyway, here it is: