Tea Leaf Sweater - Part 3

Hiya,

While, I am progressing with the Tea Leaf Sweater by Bristol Ivy from Craftys.  

As you can see, I am finished the right and left fronts with pockets; and the back.  I have also completed the short rows. 

The pattern called for the use of short rows.  What are short-rows? They’re exactly what they sound like: partial rows in the knitting that create curves, soft angles, and depth. Short-rows are an invaluable technique that allow the knitter to create modern, seamless knitwear that is both engaging to knit and flattering to wear.

Some of the most common methods of working short-rows are called: (1) the wrap and turn method, (2) the yarnover method, (3) the German method and the Japanese method.  

This pattern called for the use of the  Japanese Short Row method.  This method produces extremely tidy results in stockinette stitch, garter stitch, and reverse stockinette stitch. Stitches are worked to the desired turning point, the work is turned, and the working yarn is marked. On a subsequent row, the marked yarn is pulled up to create an extra loop, which is worked together with the next stitch to disguise the turning point. This method requires a removable stitch marker, coil-less safety pin, or scrap yarn to mark the loop to be pulled up.

I found it to be a breeze to work and provides a smooth fabric.  On to the shoulders and sleeves.

In the meantime, I started swatching for my next projects.

 "One tends to give one's fingers too little credit for their own good sense."

Elizabeth Zimmerman