Progress on the Takhi Pullover UPDATE: FINISHED 5/21/12

I will model this and get someone to photograph how the sweater fits.
The Problems I encountered: I did have some trouble trying to get the yoke to fit. I had to frog it and re-knit the top of the yoke, adding several decreases and leaving out the entire last row of motifs. I did knit a shorter rib neckline.
I knitted a medium. If I had decent shoulders, this sweater would not fit. I am wear a size 6 - 8 and have very narrow shoulders & very long arms. This pattern barely fit my shoulders. If you are going to try this Free pattern, I would make the yoke at least 1 size larger, and knit the size you normally would for the body - all that is necessary is adjusting the stitch count upward to meet the yoke requirements for your bust and shoulder size. It is an easy sweater to re model - going from a medium body to a large or XL yoke is easy.
If you look at the picture of the neckline, of the original sweater, you will see how the neck is rolling and how it appears too long for the model. That is exactly the case. If I were tall, it might have worked better. I am shorter than average. All in all, this was both interesting and easy.
The color work uses 3 colors of worsted weight wool or cotton on most patterned rounds. I found that a bit slower going with 3 strands of worsted weight yarn. I always disliked weaving in all the ends. My sweater is actually a very dark. The photographs were taken inside the house and the color is light. Another change I made was, I did a 3 needle bind-off to close up the underarm seams. Much preferable and neater looking than Kitchener Stitching.
I enjoyed doing this design. I hope it will be attractive to wear next winter. All this was stash yarn of around 20 - 15 years young. The motif yarn used, was all 1st generation Beaverslide yarn scraps. This really cost me nothing now. Better than tossing such expensive Donegal. It is truly great yarn even at $14.95 a hank. Mine was $9.50 a hank at the local LYS, so you know how old it was. This sweater was a real bargain. Another new photo.

I don't want to make a habit of re using yarn. It is far too time consuming.
Frogging old projects and preparing the yarn but I do have some $16.00 a hank, partly cashmere, Aran weight NORO, that I used for the equally huge Yoga Wrap - and it came clear to the ground. I wore it twice. I think it would be a great afghan. Soft and quick to knit. There is a picture of that on this blog probably under Finish Projects. It is ridiculous. I may have the courage to rescue that huge, expensive afghan with sleeves. That yarn is long discontinued. I can't remember what the name was, but I think it was a hand-paint. Ouch what a disaster. Actually, hilarious. When I wore it, everyone wanted to 'PET' me. Men and women. That was humiliating but a bit interesting too. Everyone oohed and awed. Alas, I decided never to wear it again. I didn't like being petted by strangers. The Yoga Wrap is in a nice plastic bag - just waiting.
Older Update:
Everyone seemed to like this pullover. And so I have begun to knit the body. I will have to say, the design around the banding was done in 3 colors at once. Dragging 3 colors of worsted weight yarn around wasn't much fun. I did modify the pattern. I eliminated the last round of motifs, close to the neckband. I did it in the Fair Isle stranded method but wove each stitch.
Older pictures.


This color on this picture is not good but --- here is the start of the body. I have 15 inches to knit. The band is not that red. It is a about 2 shades lighter than the dark Donegal. Just the way the flash showed it up.
The Donegal is not the same thickness throughout. I find since I stretched it out on those hangers, (which I found was a no no), Some of my stocking stitch isn't as even as I normally would knit. Sort of adds to the texture. Gads, I went to Webs and Donegal Tweed is now 14.95 a hank. However, I found some Knit Picks Tweed - a new offering, that is 9.99 a hank. I think the put ups were 164 yards. I would check it out if you plan to knit a tweed garment or even this Free Takhi pattern. Thank you Takhi and Dale Garn. This Free pattern thing is great all of us.
I think the best news is that I found all the Dale yarn For that lovely yoked Pullover by Dale of Norway that you see on the bottom of the previous post.
Stay Tuned
