Ravelympics medalist

[wired]

I finished my Ravelympics sweater!



It is the Mason-Dixon Perfect Sweater, now without sleeves so I could actually get it done, plus about three inches in body length (it could have used four, I'm tall), short-row bust shaping, and a little colorwork detail.

Ravelry project page

Comments

[afuna]

Congratulations! You and your sweater look seriously fantastic.

[wired]

Thank you! It is so amazing to wear something that doesn't have weird fit issues. I never notice fit issues until they go away.

[ct]

Yay! Congratulations. Your sweater looks great. I like the colorwork - it's a nice addition that doesn't overwhelm the rest of it.

[wired]

Thanks! I love colorwork, it has so much potential to be something more than hats or elaborate sweaters.

[feywood]

Oh that's lovely. I love the edging on the arms and collar.

[wired]

Thank you. It's a simple picot edging with the contrast color on the turning row.

[laughingrat]

That's very cute! Is that little picot trimming? Adorable!

[wired]

Yup! I am now going to have to make my saving throw against using it on everything. Manly sweater? Picot hem. Washcloth? Picot hem. Socks? Picot hem...well, that's not so bad.

[laughingrat]

Oh, it's so cute on socks. The other super cute sock border I've recently discovered is a fold-over hem. It's plain, yet somehow so charming. Stockinette for 5 rows, purl round, stockinette 5 more rows, then knit the cast-on edge together with the next row. Tidy! Well, heck, that's probably how you did your picots, isn't it? Except with actual picot-ing. ;)

[aunty_marion]

Hee! That's pretty much how I did the brim for Dalek Hat, only I was doing K2P2 ribbing either side of the 3 purl rows for the turn.

[aunty_marion]

Very nice! I like the scrollwork detail.

[ames]

It's lovely! I especially like the colorwork and the cute picot edging.

And here is my question. When putting in bust shaping with short rows, how do you know a) where to put the short rows and b) how many to put in? This has always mystified me.

[wired]

Thank you. It's so satisfying when a plan comes together.

If you don't mind, I'm going to answer that in a top-level post in a couple-few hours here. I spent FOREVER accreting the information I needed to do it, and it seems generally applicable.

In the meantime, while I write it and actually do work, if you have a Ravelry account, there is a super-helpful group call The Bust Line.