Friday, October 31, 2025

Fiber Arts Friday: Cozy Stripes Sweater, part 14

At the beginning of this edition, I had 7g remaining of Brown Skein #7.  I had used 7g to complete the remainder of the first sleeve, and this sleeve has 7 fewer rounds to complete, so I took the risk and began the remainder of the second sleeve with the 7g of Brown Skein #7.

That's a lot of 7s.  ;-)

I finished out with about 3 g of Skein #7 remaining.

At this point, all of the knitting is complete, the sweater fits nicely, and I have just a few things left to do:

  • fixing one (1) dropped stitch
  • sewing on buttons
  • weaving in ends
  • blocking

Skein duration:

  • #1 (11/2/24 - 12/10/24) 5 wks 3 days
  • #2 (12/10/24 - 12/30/24) 2 wks 6 days
  • #3 (12/30/24 - 1/6/25) 1 wk
  • #4 (1/6/25 - 1/18/25) 1 wk 5 days
  • #5 (1/18/25 - 2/5/25) - 2 wks 4 days - 14 g remain
  • Green (2/5/25 - 2/6/25) - 2 days - 22 g remain (begin body stripes)
  • Orange (2/6/25 - 2/8/25) - 3 days - 23g remain
  • #5 (2/8/25 - 2/9/25) - 2 days - 11 g remain
  • Orange (2/9/25) - 1day - 18 g remain
  • Green (2/10/25 - 2/14/25) - 5 days - 17 g remain (complete body stripes)
  • #5 (2/14/25 - 2/20/25) - 6 days (begin hem)
  • #6 (2/20/25 - 2/25/25) - 5 days - 20g remain (complete hem, bind off pending)
  • TINK Body Hem (2/27/25 - 3/6/25)  - 8 days
  • #5 (3/6/25 - 3/22/25) - 2 wks 2 days (begin re-Knitting Body Hem with smaller needles, US3)
  • #6 (3/22/25 - 3/23/25) - 2 days (complete and bind-off Body Hem) - 19g remain
  • Pickup Collar/Button Band Stitches (3/24/25 - 3/30/25) - 6 days
  • #6 (3/30/25 - 4/10/25) - 11 days (begin Button Band/Collar, US3)
  • #7 (4/10/25 - 4/22/25) - 12 days (complete Button Band/Collar and Bind off) - 14g remain
  • #8 (4/23/25 - 6/4/25) - 6 wks (begin Sleeve #1, on hold for the summer) - 10g remain
  • #8 (9/14/25 - 9/22/25) - 8 days (restart Sleeve #1, large brown section nearly complete)
  • #9 (9/23/25 - 10/13/25) - 3wks (begin Sleeve #2)
  • #7 (10/13/25 - 10/18/25) - 5 days (complete Sleeve #2) - 7 g remain
  • Green (10/14/25 - 10/16/25) - 3 days (sleeve stripes) - 15 g remain
  • Orange (10/15/25 - 10/16/25) - 2 days (sleeve stripes) - 17 g remain

  • #7 (10/19/25 - 10/20/25) - 2 days (complete Sleeve #1) - 3 g remain
  • Green (10/19/20) - 1 day (sleeve stripes) - 14 g remain
  • Orange (10/19/20) - 1 day (sleeve stripes) - 14 g remain
Happy Fiber Arts Friday!

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