Knitqueen, I am still making the red sweater and I e-mailed them but I have no answer. They are not as fast as you. I will wait and if I don’t hear from them should I just do the first number outside the bracket? This is the first time I have blocked and I am not sure I did it right. I knit up my swatch and wet a facecloth and put it on it and left it over night. It really got bigger. I did not pin it to shape because it was a swatch. It is calling for 4m for the rib and 4.5m for the body. I used a 4m for the body and I got 17sts=4" and I am suppose to have 18sts=4" So now should I try a 3.75m or 3.5m for the body? It is only one stitch out but I would rather have it a little smaller instead of bigger so I am willing to make another swatch. What ever needle I end up with for the body does that mean I should use half size smaller for the rib? This sweater better be worth it. Maybe it is telling me not to make it with all the problems I am having getting started. One more question. In the stitch instruction it says MIL and MIR and how to do it. All through the pattern it say increase so does that mean that is the method they want me to use? :shrug:
Candy, I didn’t see this until just now. I know you’ve worked on the back piece of this sweater – did you figure out the proper needle size to use??
I ended up using the suggested needle size. My tension was correct with 4.5m. When I blocked it i just wet a cloth and laid it on top. When I sew my sweater together should I sew it first then block it? And do I just wet a big towel and lay it on top? It is acrylic so does it matter if I block it or not? Because it has knits and purls all over it is not a flat smooth piece so if I was it will it go back to being bumpy? :??
I guess I should proof read it before I hit submit. I meant wash it not was it.
Sometimes blocking before seaming helps with the seaming process if you have edges that are curling. I suspect you probably don’t have a lot of curling due to the fact that it’s all knits and purls alternating. Plus with it being acrylic, even if you tried to block it it probably wouldn’t stay in the blocked state. Acrylic is generally wash and wear.
Great! That even makes it easier.