{"id":30,"date":"2011-01-04T00:19:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T00:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idyllicchick.com\/2011\/01\/the-epic-sweater\/"},"modified":"2011-01-04T00:19:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T00:19:00","slug":"the-epic-sweater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idyllicchick.com\/?p=30","title":{"rendered":"The Epic Sweater"},"content":{"rendered":"

Way back in August or so of 2008, I decided to begin planning my Epic Sweater. It was a big birthday year, and I figured a big sweater should accompany it. This is the sweater that I will complete before I feel able to begin my Magnum Opus sweater. After that, it, and the birthdays, will all be downhill.<\/p>\n

I decided to knit the colorwork of a fairly complex fair isle sweater called Venezia<\/a>, but in the shape of another fair isle sweater by the same designer called Autumn Rose<\/a>. I\u2019ll nip the neckline up quite a bit and probably make the sleeves just a tad longer, but even without the changes it turned out to be quite a bit of work to get this party started. A two year party, at least, as you\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n

So I did some color conversion and chose some Knitpicks<\/a> yarns to work with. Over my great birthday getaway of 2008 I swatched and swatched. I found a color combination that I liked (The bottom one in this photo), and determined my gauge.<\/p>\n

\"Venezia<\/a><\/p>\n

Next I broke out the spreadsheet program. I duplicated the Venezia colorwork pattern in black and white, each square representing one stitch, and printed a few copies. I\u2019ll basically draw my torso onto these charts and stitch every square four times.<\/p>\n

So I was all set to go! Had my yarn, had my swatches, and even bought a really cool bag to carry my monster project in. Then for some unknown reason, I never cast on. Never until this most recent Christmas vacation. I\u2019m so glad that I took good notes along the way, and typed a little bit into my Ravelry<\/a> project. I sure did use that info two years later when I picked up the project again. More details later,though, as I really want to knit some more on this tonight!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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