Jameson Sweater- Thea Coleman

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My lovely Jameson is finally done. I have nerve to have taken so long to complete this sweater. It really should have been done much faster. It is a lovely knit flat, seamed together sweater. It is knit from the bottom up- not my favorite, but a good “out of my comfort zone” project. I enjoyed the knitting and found the pattern fairly straight forward. It was easy to get into a flow with it and to read the knitting to know where you were, and what was coming. I knit it using Lion Brand LB Collection Merino, Yak, Alpaca yarn in Navy.

Of course I modified it. The sweater calls for 3/4 length sleeves and a cowl. I didn’t want that length of sleeve, so knit mine full length. I also omitted the cowl. I think cowls are gorgeous, especially on this, but I know myself and I know that I won’t wear it. Why put in all that work for something I won’t reach for very often? The neckband seems a little loose and wonky, but it was 1,000 degrees the day I finished it and I was NOT putting an alpaca sweater on my body for more than 10 seconds. When we have a less hellish day, I will put it back on and see how the fit actually is. I think the body length is a touch longer than I expected, too. I can’t tell yet if that is a good thing or not.

I knit the two body pieces at the same time on long cabled needle. I like doing this with pairs, i.e. sleeves, sock feet, etc. I like for my tension and mistakes to be uniform. I messed up on cable cross over, but I did it on both front and back so it is a feature instead of a mistake. I knit the two together until after the underarm shaping was completed and it was time to start working on neck decreases.

As for the sleeves, the pattern called for them to be sewn in, but I didn’t go that route. I seamed the sweater up at the shoulders and sides then picked up the necessary stitches and knit down to the cuffs. I seriously do not enjoy sewing in sleeves. These sleeves seemed to take a long time to complete, where usually sleeves are quick when knit in the round. The sleeve pattern is reverse stockinette, too, so I turned the sweater inside-out before I picked up the stitches so that I could knit them (just make sure your seam is on the actual wrong side of the garment). Once completed, I turned them back out, and wah-la! Reverse stockinette sleeves without a single purl stitch!
This was a fantastic pattern, and I am very happy with my finished sweater. I have only knit a couple of Thea Coleman’s patterns, due to the fact that she is a cabling queen. I knit the Irish Coffee short sleeve sweater and One Beer hat. I took this on as a way to challenge myself. Challenge accepted and completed! Cheers to my Jameson!

Loves,

M

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