Treysta Sweater
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Project recap
- Ravelry project page
- Time spent: 48 hours
- Yarn:
- MC Copper: MacAusland’s Woollen Mills 2-ply (Fawn)
- CC1 Black: Ístex Léttlopi (Black Heather)
- CC2 White: Briggs & Little Tuffy (Ecru)
- CC3 Yellow, Yarn held double:
- Loops & Threads Impeccable (Sunny day)
- CaMaRose Lamauld (Karrygul)
- Needle: US 7/4.5mm, US 4/3.5mm
- Duration: -
- Pattern: Treysta
- Designer: Jennifer Steingass
Who knits wool sweaters in the off-season? Well, me!
This is a stash project. The wool is from PEI — a rustic type, not as soft as merino but perfect for a Fair Isle sweater.
Colourwork planning
I have plenty of copper yarn from MacAusland’s Woollen Mills, so that’ll be the main colour for my Treysta sweater. The original pattern uses a colour combination of copper/black/white/grey, but I’m replacing the grey with yellow to bump up the contrast and make it feel a bit more playful.
The problem was that the yellow wool yarn I had on hand wasn’t bright enough. I tried a few colour combination swatches to find the best match as below.
Figure 1: Combo 1 (yarn held double): Rauma Alpakka Lin (Yellow) + CaMaRose Lamauld (Karrygul) /n Combo 2 (single strand): CaMaRose Lamauld (Karrygul) /n Combo 3 (single strand): Rauma Alpakka Lin (Yellow) /n Combo 4 (double strand): CaMaRose Lamauld (Karrygul) /n Combo 5 (yarn held double): CaMaRose Lamauld (Karrygul) + L&T Impeccable (Sunny day)
I wanted the brightest one to be the CC colour, and combo 5 turned out to be the winner, in which I joining another strand from the Sunny Day colourway, a bright yellow, from Loops & Threads Impeccable line. It’s acrylic, which isn’t ideal, but colour-wise it matches perfectly.
Project timeline
- – Cast on. Trying different ways of Italian/tubular cast-on
- - Starting the yoke.
- - On hold. I run out of black yarn!
- - Refill yarn.
- - Bind off.
- - Block and done.
Retrospective
The blocking really did the magic to this sweater. The stitches look more even and relaxed.
The fit is great but not perfect: the bust could be slightly smaller, and I should have started waist shaping earlier.
Knitting journal
- I finally restocked my black used up yarn on LYS day and got the order. Waited more than a month but the discount worths the wait, and I kept myself busy with other projects :)
- The weather is a bit too warm to knit wool sweater now… I hope the building management could switch the air conditioner soon.
- Finished the colourwork yoke and I’m at the point of separating body and sleeves. I did a quick calculation for the remaining of the MC yarn and it should be more than enough.
- I’m planning to knit two sleeves together, but with two small circular needles instead of the normal TAAT way
- 11 days later
- Finished everything! I compared the photos between before and after the blocking. It was truly magic to make stitch appear to be more even and relaxed!
- It fits me great, but not perfect. The bust could be slightly smaller and I should have do the waist shaping a bit earlier.
- 514 days later
Orbits Sweater
I just LOVE working colourwork! It feels so addictive for some reason. Yesterday I just started the yoke chart and today I’m only 15 rows away from separating the body and sleeves. I just can’t slow down - it’s too exciting and satisfying to see how the colourwork turn out as I finish each round.
Film Reel Socks
I almost finished one of them, just before the toe decrease. I’m hesitated to continue though because I’m not sure what to do with the length. Right now I should start the decrease, but I’m in the middle of the chart. This is gonna be a pain to cut if off. What should I do now?
From the knitting circle
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