16th March 2022
Rice pudding brulee; speaking to a large, attentive audience; swimming to those rocks and back. You know that feeling when you’ve experienced something and you just want to do it again straight away?
I finished my Christmas Yuletide Blanket/Acacia Sweater and immediately started the Monochrome version.
I made it a size down from the Christmas version to give a more fitted look and I decided on a rounder neck for this one.
Here are the details. Thank you for your patience if you’ve been waiting for these.
Use the Acacia Sweater pattern here, and the Yuletide Blanket stitch pattern here, throughout.
The yarns are:
Stylecraft Special DK - Black, Silver and Graphite,
and Aldi Baby DK Shimmer.
When it came to the neck I shaped the neckline as follows.
The ribbing for the neck was made as in the original instructions, but with 6 chain to start resulting in a rib of 5 stitches.
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Measurements:
Centre Front to rib = 17”
Centre Back to rib = 18”
Centre Sleeve = 17.5"
With hindsight I’d have made the sleeves 2” longer and the body 1” longer. The original pattern is cropped and I did lengthen it for both versions, but I think the more fitted monochrome would look better a tad longer on me.
I really enjoyed making this. It’s an easy pattern and a lovely stitch pattern to get into. My thanks again to Lucy of Attic24 and Hooked on Tilly.
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