Heart and Chain Sweater - Ivory Dress Ver.
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Finished February 16, 2026
Heart and Chain Sweater - Ivory Dress Ver.
A oversized sweater dress to pair with OTK boots
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From cast-on to bind-off, oldest first.
- I’m planning for this sweater for a while and intend to make it as an oversized sweater dress. The original pattern has too many cables to my liking and I want a more minimalistic style, aka like the one I found on the …
- OMG this pattern is more complicated than I thought. Or it could just be me not able to read the charts that have reverse abbreviation :( Besides the chart is sooo small and it’s hurting my eyes. I kinda missed the …
- I ripped off the CO yesterday and started over because I want the edge to be consistent with my slip rib pattern. It looks really neat!! I feel good about my mods. It wasn’t easy because I have to adjust the short row. …
- Used up one ball of 回归线 溯原, I’m on 52 rows when joining a new ball of yarn. Finished the back panel. I’m picking up the stitches for left front and it took me a while to achieve the perfect result to make the pattern as …
- I finish the left and right front panel in a day, and just joining both for the front. I did the following mods to achieve the selvage edge for left and right front. It looks nice and I hope it will make picking up the …
- Used up 2nd ball of 回归线 溯原 when knitting the front panel (meanwhile the 1st ball of the mohair yarn still remains). I’m currently on row 58th so probably will joining the back tomorrow or the day after.
- Wow, it took me way much longer to finish the joining front and back than I expected. Mostly because I went back to fix the holes in the armpit. Eventually here are what I did: Rnd 1: When joining front and back, CO 8 …
- Measurement Pre-mid-blocking: Front length: 11" Back length: 12.5" Bust: 18" Length of a diamond: 4.25" After mid-blocking: Front length: 10.75" Back length: 13" Bust: 19" Length of a diamond: 4" I have completed two and …
- Ok so I’m almost finished three and half diamonds in the front, while I just used up the 2nd skein of mohair. It’s getting a bit tedious for me now and I’m thinking I should probably switch to the collar and sleeves …
- I finished the folded collar yesterday. It looks quite neat and the neck depth is awesome. I love it! Measuring the yarn for the remaining to see if I have enough: starting a new skein of 50g, I’m in the middle of row …
- Knitted a little more than four and half diamonds in the front. I think the length might be enough but unsure. Also I don’t know if I have enough yarn. Assuming two sleeves together would take the same amount of the …
- It’s endless…!! I used up one skein for left sleeve already (on row 64, 2 and half diamonds). Looking at the length, it would take another 2 diamonds plus ribbing. I’m really not sure if I have enough yarn now! The …
- Finished the right sleeve and got 15g left for the 2nd skein, meaning one sleeve costs 85g merino yarn. That leaves me 130g merino for the remaining body. I think I have enough to finish it off! I knitted few rows of …
- OMG it looks gorgeous on me after blocking!! The size is perfect - I pulled it horizontally a bit on purpose because I’m worried it’s not oversized enough, but it turned out to be a very relaxed fit. I don’t think I need …