The Beginner's Top-Down Raglan (patt. incl.)

[knittyknitter]

Hey everyone!
The theme is now officially "cables" for July-Aug.!
This should be very interesting! Cables are so unique and intricate....


~Peace & Happy Knitting~

[punkcatknitter]

Amusingly enough I'm just popping in here to FINALLY post a picture of my pink and black striped raglan. Hee.



Since the next challenge is cables, I'll also post the pictures of my first designed sweater. At some point in the next couple days I'm going to blog about it, and if there's interest, I'll post a pattern (or at least a formula for it, I believe in frequent try ons and adjusting the pattern to fit your own body).

Here's the pics:

[Zia]

Oh wow, your design is gorgeous!  Please do post a pattern or formula.. I would try it.  Woohoo!

 

[fishie]

Both of your raglans are beautiful, punkcatknitter!  I'm a big fan of pink and black stripes to begin with, and they look great in that sweater

[Rottie Mom]

I LOVE that blue cabled sweater!  They are both beautiful but that blue one really speaks to me!

[Impshlady]

wow they are gorgeous! my husband just walked past and said they are great too!

i haven't tried a sweater yet...maybe this is the one to start me off!

[peps]

punkcatknitter - I love your cabled design!  Silly me - the only cable feature I could think of was putting one right down the center (and I probably didn't even think of that myself... it's on the first page...)  This is great!!

I finished one of my sleeves last night.  I didn't decrease needle sizes but I did some sort of random and panicked decreases through the arm because I didn't like how wide the sleeve was.  Anyway, it turned out ok.  Next time I will just make the armhole itself smaller.  I'll post pics when I get a chance!

[thecoffindontwantme]

This will be my first wearable, so I'm really excited.
I'm not sure if I'll be ready for putting a cable in it though, so mine may be plain, but we'll see.

Punkcatknitter- What size did you make yours, if you don't mind me asking? It looks like we have the same body type, and I wasn't sure if the XL would work, or if I'd have to make it a little bigger.

[peps]

thecoffindontwantme, cables are intimidating, but you should at least try the stripes - they aren't hard at all and they definitely break up the monotony of knitting the full stockinette body.  Kudos on starting your first wearable!!

[knittyknitter]

ow ow ow!! They look great!  Sweet idea with the side cables!