Ta da! Finished, washed, and now worn: My top-down yoke sweater in Estrellita yarn from Miss Babs. Fingering weight. #3 needle for everything but the top ribbing and the bottom and sleeve ribbings. Those are done on #2 needles. Took me about a month to knit. I'm very fast but with a lot of stitches and skinny yarn and needles, these fingering wt sweaters take forever.
This is based very loosely on the Spector sweater by JoJi Locatelli. I used her increases and how she integrated the various yarns. My version has a different yoke, no patterns on body or sleeves, and I widened it out at the waist and about 4" below that. So, 4 sts increased at the sides for the first increase, and then another 4 increased later on. I like the slight flare, and in my old age, I've gotten blubby, so increasing the width makes it not snug below the waist. Or something like that.
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love the sweater you are so fast!! and so nice to see you too!!
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