Knit Wonder Woman Sweater (Jumper)

Practical Polly has created an really fantastic knit Wonder Woman jumper (sweater). Hopefully the pattern will be available to us soon. via Craftzine

My First Sweater, pt. 3

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present my first knit sweater, the Sunrise Circle Jacket. It took a while and it included two trips to my favorite local knitting guru, Patty Kim. I would like to thank all my knitting mentors, including the lovely Laurel at The San Gabriel Bead Company, my aunt over at threads, and Christine & Fay Lyn at Unraveled. I could not have done it without you.

Sunrise Circle Jacket by Kate Gilbert
Spring 2006 Interweave Knits
5 Balls, Cascade 220 tweed, color 610
Size 37
I decreased the length of the sleeves by 1.5"

My First Sweater, pt. 2

I have progress on my first sweater, the Sunrise Circle Jacket. The first sleeve and front left panel are complete, and I am near to finishing the right panel too.

I really like knitting up this pattern. It incorporates many increases and decreases and makes me think I may be ready to try knitting up some lace. Possibly this Swallowtail Shawl from the Fall 2006 Interweave Knits.

Back to work on my first sweater.

I have started working on my first sweater again. It is the Sunrise Circle Jacket. I had put it down because I was terrified that the sleeves would come out too long.

I completed the first sleeve and front last weekend, but then realized that it was HUGE. I blame Weight Watchers. I was a size 39" bust, but am now a 37". The sweater was going to hang down below my behind. So, I did the only thing I could do.......

..........rip back to the sleeve and continue in the next size down (37"). I also have decreased the length of the sleeve by 1.5". Thanks to Knitting Help, I was able to figure out he difference between k2tog and k2tog tbl.

You can see the color I am using here, and read about what yarn I chose here.

My First Sweater, pt. 1

I am going to knit the Ballet Wrap Cardigan sweater which was on the cover of the winter '05 Interweave Knits. It will be my first. I received the Colinette Prism yarn in Kingfisher color as a birthday gift. It is beautiful, but the dyelot was really dark. I was hoping for a more purple/blue/green look, rather than navy blue with tiny amounts of purple/green. After much thinking, I realized the thin yarn binder is cotton and the rest of the yarn is wool. Wool and cotton take different types of dye. I could over dye the cotton to bring in more color without ruining the wool! Here is the result.