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February 24, 2016

From Susan — A New Some [-thing]

Filed under: Updates — lv2knit @ 7:38 pm

That was a tortured title!!  But, it is meant to announce my latest FO: Newsom by Bristol Ivy.  It felt like a bit of a slog, but only took a month so it couldn’t have been THAT bad, plus I threw my Margo Poncho in there somewhere, so quit complaining! 😉

When Sally and I went to Rhinebeck in 2014, I bought three skeins of Miss Babs’ Yowza – Whatta Skein in French Marigold — a jaw-dropping, tonal orange.  I loved it, but could not find the right pattern.  Everything was too this, or too that and most times I did not have enough yarn.  I thought this simple style might work…and it did.

This sweater drew me in because of the clever construction.  The sweater starts at the center of the back, right at the hem.  Bristol says you can’t really adjust the length much but a couple of people tried it as did I.  I am almost six feet tall, people!!  My mods are described in more detail on my Ravelry project page.

The bold line continues up to the underarms, where you attach the sleeves:

Yes.  You are essentially knitting a rectangle: up the right side “seam,” across the back, then down the left side seam.  At the point in the picture, I am ready to attach the sleeves – up the right side, around the sleeve, across the back, around the second sleeve, and down the left side.  it is crazy town!

The two diagonal lines between the stockinette and garter sections continue, becoming the raglan lines on the front of the sweater.  You can see the front raglan line here:

It forms one continuous line from the center back to the front neck.  So cool!  A second [new] raglan line is added where the back and sleeves have been joined:

The color looks light and dark in the picture, but that is just shadow.

Now.  About the fronts.  They do not come together, nor are they supposed to apparently, but I knew mine would not even be able to wave at each other!  So I did a series of short rows to create a wider hem.  I did this after all the raglan shaping was done, right when I was ready to begin the collar.  I did short rows every 6 sts which added 18 ridges to the width on each front at the hem only.  Then I knit the collar, concluding with an i-cord bind off.  I also did an i-cord bind off at the sleeve cuffs.

The sweater fit well but needed blocking.  I wet blocked it and it became GINORMOUS!!  I threw it in the dryer a couple of times and that did the trick.  It fits perfectly and the yarn feels amazing.

Whew!  Another one bites the dust!  Now I need spring weather to wear this bright little puppy. 🙂

14 Comments »

  1. Wow! This looks amazing! Very clever design and equally clever mods. This wasn’t even within swearing distance of my radar, but it may need to be in my queue now.

    Comment by Amy C — February 24, 2016 @ 8:36 pm

  2. This is amazing and a whole lot of knitting! The yarn is gorgeous! The simple lines are lovely and I would think quite flattering. I love how the diagonal lines come from the raglan underarms. The fronts are knit so perfectly – a very professional job! Any chance you could wear it on Thursday? A perfect color for you, too!

    Comment by Kathy W. — February 24, 2016 @ 9:14 pm

  3. Drat, I just printed the pattern and rustled up the yarns to do the My Margot Poncho and now you share this loveliness from yarn produced just up the road in my corner of the world here in western NC!

    Comment by Kaye Reynolds — February 24, 2016 @ 11:20 pm

  4. Oops, Miss Babs is actually across the state line in Tennessee, but still only about 50 miles away. You did a beautiful job on your sweater, Susan.

    Comment by Kaye Reynolds — February 24, 2016 @ 11:28 pm

  5. Love your color. Thanks for explaining your mods. The details on this sweater make it very special looking. Yours is beautiful.

    Comment by Robin F. — February 25, 2016 @ 8:10 am

  6. This has been on my list for a long time; thank you so much for the clear pictures and the notes on your mods. It clears up a lot of questions for me.

    Comment by Ellen — February 25, 2016 @ 12:02 pm

  7. This is really beautiful. I think its simplicity is truly amazing (even though I don’t think there is anything simple about it!). The color is gorgeous – thank you so much for sharing this beauty with us. You never fail to impress and inspire.

    Comment by Barb R. — February 25, 2016 @ 5:30 pm

  8. A beautiful sweater. I am so envious of your knitting know-how.

    Comment by rose — February 25, 2016 @ 6:01 pm

  9. It’s a beautiful sweater – I think it’s much more inspiring than the one on the pattern page. It’s a great color for it.

    Comment by Mary Jo — February 25, 2016 @ 10:23 pm

  10. C’est juste magnifique, vous avez un talent incroyable.

    Comment by sophie — February 26, 2016 @ 3:07 am

  11. You put it in the dryer?!?! I’m impressed by your nerves of steel!

    Comment by Grace Doolittle — February 26, 2016 @ 8:31 pm

  12. I like your version even better than the original one – it’s really nice. I’ll have to buy another cardigan pattern…

    Comment by Ute — March 1, 2016 @ 7:06 am

  13. I made the bottom up version of Newsom and just got the top down one (been waiting ages for it). As you said, the front don’t come nearly together–I made the 2nd size & back is 19″ wide but sides are only 7-1/4 each!. So I was looking for tips among the projects on Ravelry and saw yours. The top down version, called Waits, actually calls for the fronts and collar to be knit on the smaller needles! I’d like to try widening the fronts but not the collar–do you have any tips on how to use short rows for that? Maybe do short rows after 3″ but longer ones (higher up towards the collar) before starting the yoke, etc.?

    Comment by Ann Svenson — May 23, 2016 @ 7:02 am

  14. Susan – I started my Newsom sweater in February 2016 as well. The pattern looked simple enough however I was deluded! Being a beginner knitter I was really over my head. When I got to attaching the sleeves I had no idea what was going on. I packed up the sweater after several searches on the web for help. Then I discovered your blog A New Some (Thing). Thank you for posting your comments and most especially the photos. I studied them as if a map but it was your comment about attaching the sleeves, “It’s crazy town!” that propelled me to figure it out. I am on my way finishing it up…. and I am going to knit another Newsom just as soon as I am finished with the first so that I can knit it with confidence!! THANK YOU!!!

    Comment by Wendy Morris — August 28, 2016 @ 2:16 pm

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