Dragonflies Jumper

 


In April 2020 while the world was in lockdown, I decided to begin what was probably going to be my only knitting project for the year.  I had just finished my previous one which took every bit of a year so was under no illusions that this jumper was going to be completed any quicker.



Dragonflies by Joji Locatelli had been in my knitting queue for a few years and the wool I chose was from a impluse buy at Lincraft at one of their end of season half price sales.  It is one of their inhouse brands and comes in 100gram balls.  It is 100% wool and from experience is very hard wearing but also not particularly soft.  I am hoping that washing it with wool wash will improve this but in the mean time I will just need to wear a long sleeve tee underneath.



Despite appearing as quite an intricate pattern, it didn't take me too long to knit the body of this pullover.  The sleeves although plain were a different story.  In fact I had one half completed when I decided they were just too loose for my liking so I ripped the entire sleeve back to the armhole and started again.  This was a little sole destroying for a slow knitter but I tend not to put things away if I can help it.  Uncompleted garments are not my thing!  I reduced the rows between decreases and kept going until I finished it. I think I may have gone from one extreme to the other with the sleeve width now because actually they are a little snug, but aren't annoying enough to do anything about.



I finished knitting this in early October, proving that I can finish a thing relatively quickly if I put my mind to it and although it didn't  get worn until today, it was nice to think that I had this lovely warm knit to look forward to wearing when the weather cooled down.

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  1. wow that is amazing and the color is fantastic

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    1. Thank you! I do like a bit of red especially in winter.

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  2. What a lovely jumper, the colour looks stunning on you. Could you give me an idea of how much wool it took to complete the garment? Thank you

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    1. I am not sure how much wool it took. If you look at the pattern on Ravelry, it will tell you how many metres or yards required. The yarn you choose should also have this information on it.

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