Kake's Black Fishnet Crochet Jumper

  • Pattern used is amended from design G in the Sirdar White Book:
    • used 2.5mm hook instead of 3mm for neater chains
    • on the border at the bottom and sleeve ends made one link per 4 DC rather than per 5 DC
    • Made the body width 38 patt instead of 35 patt to go a size above the maximum listed (ie to 44/46 in bust)
    • Added 6-patt-wide panels at sides to increase bagginess (after trying on) - without the waist shaping where you go down to 4 ch/loop instead of 5
    • Neck shaping needed changing - each side needs to be 10 patt wide not 6.
  • Yarn used - Jaeger Siena 4 ply pure cotton shade 418 (black) dye lot 0050, bought from John Lewis. Ran out of yarn so the sleeves are in dye lot 5B2.

I am completely making up the sleeves, since I don't like the flared shaping on the ones in the pattern.

  • Start with 19 patt, work 19 rows ending with the one without half-patterns on the sides
  • Increase row 1 - ch 4, turn, 1dc in first ch, ch 5, 1 dc in next 5-ch sp, cont to end.
  • Increase row 2 - ch 6, turn, 1 dc in 3-ch half-patt space, ch 5, 1 dc in next 5-ch space, cont to end
  • Note that because we increased half a pattern on each row, despite having done two rows we are back again on a row without half-patterns on the sides.
  • Work one row as normal (20 patt)
  • Repeat the increase rows once each, work one row as normal (21 patt)
  • Work two rows
  • Repeat the increase rows once each, work one row as normal (22 patt)
  • Work four rows.
  • Repeat the increase rows once each, work one row as normal (23 patt)
  • Work four rows
  • Repeat the increase rows once each, work one row as normal (24 patt)
  • Work until long enough.

I think this is finished, bar sewing in the ends, but I can't actually find it.

Last edited 2007-06-05 16:02:42 (version 15; diff). List all versions.