my first sweater

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Orange Cardigan
My first sweater has so far been a truamatic one. I had to redo the neck, and then later rip out 4 inches of knitting along the main part of the body because my measurements were off. Now that I am done, I am rather proud. I got the pattern from here. My variations where the longer neck, ribbed sleeves and bottom.




view from the mirror



view from the side



view of buttoned neck while shrugging



view of buttons



sweater surgery from last week.



Other details I just thought to add:
The yarn used was a TLC 'Ultra Soft' yarn, I used 2 strands, and I knit with a size 9 needle.

The fake 'seam' around the armhole was done by reversing the stockingette stitch (ie, purling where knitting, and knitting where otherwise purling) for two stitches.

so it would look something like
knit for x stitches knit, make one, knit purl 2 stitches, knit, make one, knit x stitches.

I got the seam idea from a baby raglan sweater I made a while ago.