A Violet Cotton Sweater

I started this sweater last summer and actually finished it quickly, but when I sewed it together the shoulders were disappointingly Too Wide. This may be a common failing in Sarah Dallas' Vintage Knits because it has happened before. Grr.


It took a while to figure out how to fix them, and in the end I ended up hand-sewing (with yarn) a big tuck in the actual shoulder. So that there's an inverted pleat at the very front and the very back of the sleeve. I call it a style choice, okay? But the good thing is it hardly shows, in real life *or* in the picture.


The neckband also gave me trouble. It was originally knitted separately and sewn on, but it stood out weirdly like a Nehru collar. Clara offered to pick up stitches and make me something a little smaller and subtler. I said yes. And then I knit the separate bow strip and googled how to tie it in a not-too-bulky bow, and stitched it in place.

And finally, like many of the patterns in this book, it's very short-waisted! It will be fine with my 1940s trousers, but not with anything that sits low.