DESIGN: Very loose fitting jumper by Japanese designer Junko ???. The jumper has a very wide neckline.
GAUGE: The recommended gauge is 24 stitches and 36 rows to 10cm. My gauge was 25 stitches and 38 rows to 10cm.
Therefore, 1 stitch of the recommended gauge is 0.42cm wide (one of mine is 0.40cm) and 1 row of the recommended gauge is 0.28cm high (one of mine is 0.26cm).
Over a circumference of 200 stitches my jumper would be 4cm (1.75") smaller (0.02 difference x 200 stitches) and for a length of 50cm my jumper would be 3.6cm shorter.
I could go up 0.25mm in needle size and see if that gives me the correct gauge but I don't want the fabric to be any looser - even on 3.5mm needles the fabric feels quite loose. I therefore chose to go up a size and make size M-L which had 7 ½" of bust ease but really only 5 3/4" after allowing for the gauge difference (the S-M has 3 ½" ease before the gauge difference).
As I was planning to make the jumper longer anyway, I didn't account for the gauge difference in length.
SIZE: I chose the size M-L which has a finished bust measurement of 51" (5 3/4" ease after allowing for the gauge difference).
YARN: Natural Fibre Arts 4 ply, merino/yak/silk in colour Natural Grey, 100g = 366m.
ALTERATIONS:
- I chose a larger size due to my (tighter) knitting guage
- I did a provisional cast-on because I wanted to come back and modify the neckline at the end.
- I lengthened both the lower two sections by ???
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