Here’s the latest update on the Aran sweater…
I’ve just completed the first sleeve!
Seems like it came out well!
Just looking at the unattached sleeve, the width and taper come off as a bit questionable to me.
But I figure it’ll make sense once I fit the individual parts together and see how the raglans fit.
Also, this is similar to what the sleeves on my previous cardigan project looked like, so that’s reassuring.
Cables during Increases/Decreases
I did have one issue come up while knitting this sleeve.
The pattern called for increasing and decreasing stitches while maintaining the pattern.
This caused minor conflicts whenever the twist of a cable happened at the same time as an inc/dec.
Check out these examples:
On the left, you can see the cable twisting directly into a decrease.
On the right, you can see that the braid couldn’t start until enough of the increased sts were added.
For those situations, I had to decide whether to…
- Hold off on the cable, so that the inc/dec could happen without complication
- OR perform the cable twist and ALSO inc/dec (which is a bit finicky to handle simultaneously)
I made those decisions as they arose, and I think it generally turned out fine.
Luckily, these happen at the inner seam of the sleeve, which means they won’t be very visible.
Anyway, the seaming will eat up a bit of the width, as the edges will get curled in.
That will hopefully help hide those confusion spots 🤷♂️
The last piece is the other sleeve, which should be similarly easy.
What I’m reeeeeally dreading is seaming the pieces together 😒 (my least favorite part of any project).
Mihir the Cable Guy 