And so another thrilling knitting adventure begins! I am very glad so many of you are knitting a long with me and I can hardly wait to see your creations as they grow on the needles! For this set of under sleeves I choose rather sedate colors to go with a few of my plainer wool dresses; ribbing is to be of a medium brown and the puffs of sky blue. They should well compliment my brown dresses and the one of dark blue. Hopefully, the colors you have chosen will go with dresses you already wear or will inspire a new dress; if you are like me there is always another new dress in the plans!
As I mentioned earlier, I will work both sleeves at the same time on cable needles. I want to be able to finish them at the same time as I know myself, and when one is finished I may not want to do the other as some other project may be calling. This way, when one is done the set is done. Also, this method will allow me to check on size as I go and will let me, with an extra set of hands, to try the sleeve on by wrapping it around my arm.
In the pictures you can see the finished size of the upper arm ribbing band. All 30 rows are done on both sleeves and when stretched out to what represents a snug fit they reach the 12 inches that my arms measure just above the elbow. These are extremely stretchy so don't be shy about using that elasticity to get a good fit.
As I mentioned earlier, I will work both sleeves at the same time on cable needles. I want to be able to finish them at the same time as I know myself, and when one is finished I may not want to do the other as some other project may be calling. This way, when one is done the set is done. Also, this method will allow me to check on size as I go and will let me, with an extra set of hands, to try the sleeve on by wrapping it around my arm.
In the pictures you can see the finished size of the upper arm ribbing band. All 30 rows are done on both sleeves and when stretched out to what represents a snug fit they reach the 12 inches that my arms measure just above the elbow. These are extremely stretchy so don't be shy about using that elasticity to get a good fit.