This is from the holiday issue of Vogue Knitting. I’m using Zephyr DK, a 50% wool 50% silk blend that I got from the wonderful Sarah’s Yarns. This sleeve is kicking my butt, though. Worked flat instead of in the round as per instructions (I know, I should have done it on dpns - not magic loop, me and magic loop fair isle did not make friends; we made ladders instead). And the gray curly cues are hard, cuz they aren’t an easy to memorize pattern so I have to keep checking the chart. And all the ends to weave in! I’ve already woven in like 15, but there will be like 60 in total for this sleeve, I bet. I breezed through the back in solid color, but this sleeve.
Plus, I think the sleeve is gonna be a bit too big. It measures up to the smallest size for the pattern, but I want it smaller. I did knock off 6 stitches from the sides to accommodate for my gauge. But I adjusted the rest of the sweater for gauge AND for a tighter fit. I just hope it doesn’t look too weird, cuz no way am I frogging all that work.
Well, I finally finished this sleeve. Holy %$#!@&!, that was a lot of work. No avoiding the cutting now, as it’s too big and there’s no way I’m redoing it and also no way I’m letting all that work go to waste. The back was done before the sleeve, am a couple inches into the front, and still have the little fair isle piece that gets sewn into the front plus the other sleeve, which is solid color
Oh, this is sorta what it’s supposed to look like when it’s done:
