Who’d a Thunk It? Presenting the Ravenclaw Raglan
The Harry Potter Fan Grrrrrrl Top-Down Ravenclaw Raglan is finally, finally finished — and I can even wear it in public.
This was done with the help of the Top-Down Raglan Sweater Generator at knittingfool.com. If I had known how phenomenonly easy top-down raglans were, this would have been my first sweater, instead of my third.
The particulars: Cascade 220 wool, approximately 4 skeins of cobalt blue and 1 of silver/gray. Size 8 needles, ribbing on size 6. I did mess up the last cuff on one of the sleeves when I forgot to switch back to the size 6 needles for the ribbing, so there is a slight difference in the gauge for the cuffs. I don’t think any one but another knitter would notice, and even then they might not unless I pointed it out. If I were going to tweak this sweater any, I would add more length to the body of the sweater (not because it necessarily needs it, only because it would help me look less squat) and add a few more rows to the ribbing at the neck. I guess I was impatient to get this finished, it what it’s all boiling down to.
I’m already working on my next top-down raglan — a mock turtleneck done up with that lovely Malabrigo worsted in the marron oscuro colorway. I need to finish Aaron and Christopher’s Kitty Pi first, though. There is a serious dearth of kitty pis (that’s the plural of pi, not a misspelling of piss) in this house.
December 29th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
That sweater rocks. Love how the raglan shaping turned out, and let’s face it: Ravenclaw rules!