Twinkle Sweater
1 post 7 knitlog entries Nov 2025 – Feb 2026
Finished November 24, 2025
Twinkle Sweater
Go bold!
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From cast-on to bind-off, oldest first.
- I’m too bored with other knitting/crochet gift projects so I decided to start a new one for myself. Midori’s pattern is always long (too much IMO), but at least it has the short rows so hopefully it would be enough. …
- Using Italian CO for a neater edge. It took me few attempts before I found the ideal width as the original 86sts CO seems too small with US 4 needle. Here are my mods: Cast on 102 sts instead of 86, using Italian CO …
- I’m wearing Treysta today and noticed that even with the short rows, the neck depth is a tad short. So, for this Twinkle sweater I decided to extend its neck depth by adding more short rows in the back before the raglan …
- Finished the yoke and separated body and sleeves on [2025-11-09 Sun]. I decided to start the sleeves first. I finished the right sleeve today with Italian bind-off in US 4. The length is 39cm but I knitted the cuff a bit …
- I’m close to finish it off, and then I ran out of the yellow yarn. I couldn’t believe this is happening - I spent so much time researching on the right colour but I forgot to check the yarnage. Uhh! Anyways I can visit …
- Blocked and done! It dried quickly after one night because this time I used a fan to blow dry it for a couple of hours. Very practical trick. I’m very pleased with the colour combo. It absolutely bold and gorgeous!
- Reworking on this one. I’ve been wearing this sweater for a few months since November and felt feel it’s a tad short. Finally decided to unravel the bind off (undoing the Italian sewn bind off tooke forever!) and to the …