Progress on the Cabled Bolero
My sweater: strange pentagons hanging off the front. Model: not so. My sweater: not so much a portrait neckline as a billboard neckline. Model: nicely fitted. My sweater: a strange relationship between the length of the sleeves and the fit across the bodice. Model: perfect.
Some thoughts for the next go-around: go down at least one size in the pattern; use a finer yarn, something without the flying fuzz factor of angora and something that is not intended to keep you warm, because this sweater knits up very densely and will keep almost anyone warm just by virtue of the design (even me, and I'm always cold); decrease the number of pentagons, perhaps even doing away with the two at the front that seem unrelated to the horizontal effect of the rest of the pattern; lengthen the sleeves so that they really are elbow-length or even three-quarter; perhaps sew up side seams and then pick up for the sleeve, so that the fit through the shoulder and armhole is more tailored. Just some ideas, not gospel. But if they work for you, let me know before I start the second attempt.
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