Comments on: Wisteria Shawl Collar Pullover KAL: The Final Seams!

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By: Finished: Wisteria Shall Collar Pullover | Nat's Distractions

Finished: Wisteria Shall Collar Pullover | Nat's Distractions — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:32:48 +0000

[...] five months, I finally finished my Wisteria Shall Collar Pullover sweater. Lion Brand Yarn sponsored a knit-along this fall featuring this pattern and providing helpful tips for putting it all together. Wisteria Shall Collar [...]

By: Zontee

Zontee — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:46:00 +0000

Hi Sharon, you may also want to check out the Group on Ravelry.com, where people have posted about their sweaters. I think Rav user Wzrdreams, that's @google-634c98b932025b3594f04564b2a75afd:disqus, modified her sleeves, so perhaps looking at her project with the new sleeve diagram she drew would help you redo them.

By: Zontee

Zontee — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:27:00 +0000

Hi Sharon, sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Since this is an older knit-along, it’s less well-trafficked by participants. However, you can always email our pattern support team at support@lionbrand.com to get some extra advice on any project.

The sleeves in this particular pattern are designed to on the loose side, since it’s meant to be a bit oversized. They would be a bit tricky to redo, since both the sleeve holes in the body and the sleeve cap in the sleeves would have to be changed, but you may find that with some clever seaming (using the standard invisible seaming technique) you can sew the sleeve seam in such a way that you can make the sleeves narrower to suit your needs.

If you’d like to redo the collar, I’d recommend using larger needles (which will give you a looser, drapier fabric) and therefore picking up slightly fewer stitches for the back of the collar than recommended in the pattern. By working the collar at a looser, larger gauge, the fabric will be looser. You can work fewer repeats of the pattern to get the collar to be the size you need for your garment.

I’d also recommend giving the entire sweater a wash and dry in the machine with a little fabric softener. Often, it’s amazing how much a wash will help to soften the fabric. You can also carefully steam the sweater (making sure not to touch the fabric with your steam iron) to help soften the fabric. Hope that helps!

By: williams.sharon

williams.sharon — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:04:00 +0000

I think I need to rip out the sleeves on the sweater and redesign them so that they have a less baggy fit, but am not sure just how to do that -can you please help?

By: williams.sharon

williams.sharon — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:00:00 +0000

IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WHO CAN ANSWER MY QUESTION ABOVE???

By: williams.sharon

williams.sharon — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:29:00 +0000

I finished my sweater after Christmas and must say I am very disappointed with the results! I took the yarn advice of Lion Brand and used Vanna’s Choice instead of the Amazing as I am allergic to wool. What a mistake!!! If I was a more experienced knitter, I would have known better. The way the 2 knitted swatches felt in the yarn store should have told me that it would not work, but I figured if Lion Brand said it was a substitute, then it must be good. The Vanna’s Choice makes a much stiffer fabric that isn’t light and drappy the way the Amazing is. I was very careful about swatching, blocking the pieces to the correct sizes etc, but in my finished sweater, the give in the sleeves does not fall well -consequently the wide sleeves around the bicep area just look too big and the fabric ends up hanging in big rolls. The collar is really tight due to the stiffer wool in the rib. The rest of the sweater looks good though, although it is a very warm sweater.
Any suggestions on how I can fix these problems? I seamed it really well according to the excellent directions, and am not looking forward to trying to rip all the seaming out…but there is little point in throwing the whole thing away, after all that time and expense. Any help that you can give would be gratefully received!

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:00:00 +0000

I fell behind, first with Halloween, then Thanksgiving, now Christmas. I’m still working on the sleeves but decided to put it away until afer the holidays. I feel I would be too distracted now and would not enjoy the “process.” Come January I’ll enjoy finishing my sweater, knitting by the fire on cold, wintery nights.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:55:00 +0000

Congrats!!