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Malcolm's Bohus Sweater
This is another sweater inspired by the wonderful designs in Priscilla
Gibson-Roberts' Knitting in the Old Way. It's a bohus sweater
with a round yoke and colorwork in the yoke. The main yarn is Knitpicks
Wool of the Andes Maple Syrup with the yoke details in various colors
of Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride worsted. It was knit on size 7 needles
in the round from the top down.
While knitting this sweater, I developed the ability to knit with three
colors at once -- one in my left hand and two in my right. The yoke increases
are very cleverly hidden in plain, one-color rows.
The first time I knit the yoke, my son disliked the large amount of gold
in the yoke, so I ripped it back and re-worked the yoke with the current
color scheme. The earlier color scheme was more autumnal and I loved it,
but he likes these colors better, and so will actually wear the sweater.
This was a fun sweater to knit. It went very fast, and had the great bonus
of the yoke detail to work again backwards on the sleeves. This helped keep
me interested while knitting the sleeves, which is ordinarily a part of the
process that bores me stiff.
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