{"id":89,"date":"2008-02-12T03:24:18","date_gmt":"2008-02-12T03:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/?p=89"},"modified":"2008-03-07T21:57:17","modified_gmt":"2008-03-07T21:57:17","slug":"the-yokes-on-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/the-yokes-on-me\/","title":{"rendered":"The Yoke&#8217;s on me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2008\/knit_gen\/yoke_4inchs.jpg\" alt=\"Beginning of yoke sweater.\" align=\"right\" border=\"3\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"3\" \/>And if you laugh at that, you&#8217;re probably tired-er than I am.  It&#8217;s been really hectic the last couple of days and I really needed a break.  I think I mentioned a while back that my favorite kicking around the house sweater is falling apart after years and years of faithful service.  So, I bought yarn and decided that I wanted to learn to do a top down sweater.  I got all my books out and decided to do a full yoke but I wanted it to be loose so I could wear it comfortably with turtlenecks and shirts.<\/p>\n<p>So, I did a gauge  swatch, measured it, then calculated how many stitches I&#8217;d need for to get the neck size I wanted (I measured that with a cloth measuring tape).  I cast on the stitches and started with my knit 2, purl 2 border.  Well lets just say as with my usual experience with gauge that it could have fit me and several of my close friends.  So, back to the frog pond with it.  Since it&#8217;s a fuzzy boucle-type yarn, I lost some of it in trying to rip it out.<\/p>\n<p>Now that I got the obligatory lying scumbag of a gauge swatch out of the way, I eye-balled the stitches as I added them on giving care to remember that once I knit a few rows they&#8217;d loosen up a bit.  Looks like I&#8217;m on my way.  I&#8217;ve got 10 rows of K2P2 ribbing and then increased 20 stitiches, then I&#8217;ve been increasing 20 stitches every 6th row since.  Now I&#8217;ve got to figure out the depth of the yoke.<\/p>\n<p>I may decide I&#8217;m getting the hang of this flying by the seat of my pants knitting.  Guess this will be my knitting challenge this year to just try out different things and not be afraid to fail.  Knitting as a metaphor for life I guess. I&#8217;m writing down the directions as I go and hope to have them available when I finish this &#8212; then I&#8217;ll post as a pdf.  If anyone&#8217;s done a full yoke top-down sweater and has some sage advice\/helpful tips, believe me I&#8217;m all ears (or eyes in the case of reading off screen).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And if you laugh at that, you&#8217;re probably tired-er than I am. It&#8217;s been really hectic the last couple of days and I really needed a break. 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