Hi. I’m MacKenzie.
This has been going on for far too long, and I certainly haven’t been getting all of the attention that I deserve, but I am happy to announce that the Mother of Cats and I have finally finished her Sipila sweater.
The picture would have been better if she had included me in the shot, but sometimes the Mother of Cats can be so selfish.
It’s late, so we are heading back to bed as soon as I get my cookies.
I’m such a good boy.
>^..^<
Notes from the Mother of Cats:
- This sweater is Sipila by Caitlin Hunter. You can find my project notes on Ravelry here.
- I was concerned about the floats early on in the knitting so I switched to catching all of the floats while knitting. It slowed me down, but I think that the fabric has more even stitches and I won’t have to worry about snagging floats while wearing the sweater. You can see how nice the fabric is in the picture of MacKenzie above. That was before blocking.
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The Orchid yard was knitted in order with the skein on the left used as #1 and the one on the far right used at the bottom of the sweater. - I opened all the skeins and organized them in the order of brightest to darkest. I started the sweater using the brightest skein in the yoke, and then faded the skeins together using helix knitting.
- I knit 6” of stockinette on the sleeve, and then another 32 rounds instead of starting the chart with the repeats of rounds 1-8. The chart was started with round 9 and the sleeve was finished following the directions. The length is perfect!!
- The 4th skein was too bright at one end of the skein, and too dark at the other for the 2nd sleeve, so I had to helix knit all the stockinette section with the remains of the other three skeins to make the sleeve match.
- I finished the sweater at the length suggested in the pattern, but I was unhappy with the length. I went back and ripped out that ribbing and then added another 2.5 inches to the body of the sweater using the ripped back yarn and the dark end of the last skein blended together with more helix knitting. The final ribbing was done with the darkest skein of yarn.
- The finished sweater is exactly as long as my sleeves. How cool is that?
- I absolutely love the fit of this sweater!!
Yarn, Books & Roses 
The fabulous fit was what struck me first! I always struggle with fit so it’s nice to know that someone has it down pat! It’s lovely, thanks for sharing.
I was thrilled when I tried it on. The fit is just perfect and the sweater is really comfy. I just cast on another sweater by this designer!!
oh my goodness your sweater looks fabulous!
Thanks. It is so nice when the final product is better than you hoped for, isn’t it!
yes, it is always a pleasant surprise.
Beautiful, love the colours and pattern…great work.
Thank you. I was so worried about the bright yarn and the grey I finally chose to go with it, but I am really with the final result.
So sweet MacKenzie! So beautiful work!
Thanks! The Mother of Cats couldn’t do this without me!
Yes! I know! 😂
Your sweater is fantastic! The stitches are so even, the colors gorgeous and the fit is perfect! You hit it out of the park with this one:)
MacKenzie: I’m sorry I didn’t address you first but that sweater is nearly as lovely as you:) You did a wonderful job as cat support! I hope you got an extra cookie or two for your tireless support and general cuteness!
Thank you so much for the great feedback. This sweater was really ambitious for me, but I couldn’t be happier that the weather has finally cooled here in Colorado. I get to wear my sweater!! Someone has already asked me to knit them one (um… NO!), and I started thinking about knitting a new one with some black yarn with purple flashes that i have…
MacKenzie: I stayed right with her through the whole project and boy, did I score cookies!!