FO: The Dockhouse Sweater

Guys, this raglan is one of my absolute favorite FO's ever. Period.

It is warm, squishy and has an appealing diamond texture in a captivating heathered green colorway. The V-shaped collar has faux buttonholes, and you can't go wrong with a long-sleeved raglan construction. Plus, let's talk about green clothing...you can sport it for so many occasions, espeically St. Patty's day, Halloween AND Christmas! 

(If I were Emeril Lagasse, I'd say "BAM!")

 

 

Materials & Notes

 Pattern: The Dockhouse Sweater, by Amy Herzog

This sweater pattern is in the style of a pattern 'recipe' in Amy Herog's "Ultimate Sweater Book," plus I switched the yarn weight, so I heavily modified this sweater to the point where I practically had to design it myself off of the pictures/idea of the design.

Needles

US 2 - 2.75 mm

US 3 - 3.25 mm

US 5 - 3.75 mm

 

Gauge

US 5: 23 stitches and 34 rows = 4'' in the Diamond texture

 

Yarn

Berroco Ultra Alpaca Light

9 skeins = 1296.0 yards (1185.1 meters), 450 grams

Colorway 4275 Pea Soup Mix, dye lot 701 

 

Notes:

Sport weight yarn, 216 sts

Total active days knitting it: 44
      Sleeves: 3-ish days each sleeve---plan on a week for a pair of sleeves
      Front or back sides, after armpit BO’s : 2-3 days each
      Bottom ribbing: 1-2 days
      Collar 1-2 days
      An average of 8-12 rds of 216 sts per day.

457g of yarn (1 lb 1oz) of yarn. 

MY DETAILED RECIPE NOTES

This was another project that I chipped away last August while at a family reunion near Galena, Il. Here's a little journey into my WIP stages:

 

That feeling, when you finally try it on and it fits perfectly!

 

I had to re-knit one of the sleeves due to an error on my part, so after I knit what was three sleeves, it was so satisfying throwing it in the wash.

Aw. The photo above was taken in what was my newly renovated bathroom at our last house, several months before moving. I miss those counters and mirrors...

 

As soon as it gets chilly this will be coming back on me!