{"id":19402,"date":"2019-01-15T08:51:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T13:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=19402"},"modified":"2026-02-08T14:31:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T19:31:54","slug":"silver-thermal-pullover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/silver-thermal-pullover\/","title":{"rendered":"silver thermal pullover"},"content":{"rendered":"

After ‘graduating’ from my long term project to teach myself to knit through designing and making 12 sweaters<\/a>, I wasn’t at all bored with sweater knitting, so my next project was bound to be… yep, another sweater to add to the pile!<\/p>\n

As soon as I arrived back in Canada I loaded up on Michael’s Loops & Threads brand Woolike<\/a> yarn – it’s a super-soft super-fine non-wool yarn with amazing yardage for the price, and I wondered what it’d be like to make a whole sweater from such fine yarn.<\/p>\n

The answer? An incredible amount of work, but the result is my favourite sweater to date!<\/p>\n

\"silver<\/p>\n

I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do for this sweater, so I started by knitting plain stockinette sleeves while I pondered. It was slow going with such fine yarn and small needles, but I was encouraged to continue because the knitted fabric felt so soft, and looked so smooth and fine when I draped it over my arm.<\/p>\n

I was worried that the fine knit wouldn’t keep my torso warm enough, so I decided on a thermal stitch pattern for the body. This was the slowest thing ever to knit, but the pattern is neat and stretchy and snuggly, so it was a pleasure to watch it grow, however slowly. <\/p>\n

\"silver<\/p>\n

The fine yarn and stretchy stitch pattern gives it a wonderful flattering drape, even with no shaping built in. Doesn’t it look good?<\/p>\n

\"silver<\/p>\n

It was very fiddly to stitch the sleeves to the body neatly – with hindsight, I should have worked the last 2 stitches at the armhole edges in stockinette so I’d have a plain unpatterned edge for joining. My first seaming attempt ruined the whole look of the sweater, so I unpicked the join and tried again very slowly and carefully. I think it took the best part of an hour to seam each sleeve, but it was worth it.<\/p>\n

After seaming, I finished my sweater with simple 1×1 rib cuffs and bands, which, again, took forever – switching between knit and purl for every single tiny stitch slows things down considerably – but now I could see that it was going to be a gorgeous sweater, I didn’t mind at all. <\/p>\n

\"silver<\/p>\n

I love this sweater! The patterned body and smooth arms; the v-neck that isn’t too deep (for warmth); the fit that I intentionally made loose enough to wear with a long-sleeved t-shirt underneath to keep me warm, but still nicely fitted… I’d have cried at spending so much time on it if it hadn’t turned out well, but it’s exactly what I hoped it would be.<\/p>\n

I’d have liked to switch to smaller needles for the ribbing for the cuffs and bands, but I was already using my smallest (3mm) needles, so the ribbing isn’t quite as neat as I’d like, although I don’t think you’d notice if I hadn’t pointed it out, right?<\/p>\n

If I were making this sweater again I’d buy smaller needles for the ribbing, and maybe add a tiny bit of extra height to the shoulders, but overall I’m very pleased with how this one turned out, and it’s now my favourite sweater in my wardrobe!<\/p>\n

What’s next in my knitting adventure? I’m trying something other than a sweater for once – I’m in need of a really warm hat… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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