{"id":2404,"date":"2021-02-08T11:54:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T19:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2021-02-08T11:54:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T19:54:13","slug":"misurina-tee-the-fastest-sweater-i-ever-knit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/misurina-tee-the-fastest-sweater-i-ever-knit\/","title":{"rendered":"MISURINA TEE: The Fastest Sweater I Ever Knit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m sure some of you have had making experiences where something just flew off the needles (or canvas, or jewelry board, or whatever). I haven&#8217;t really ever had that happen before with a sweater as I&#8217;m not a particularly fast sweater knitter and have mostly moved over to knitting smaller gauge sweaters on finer yarns so there are even more stitches! I&#8217;ve had this type of experience with hats occasionally, but even then my attention span is fairly limited. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, I decided to &#8220;treat myself&#8221; in January and ignore all other sweater projects on the needles (Birkin, Go-to Raglan, Ferris Wheel yarn raglan, Comfort Fade Cardi&#8230; this last one I finally ordered an additional skein for, so maybe will have some traction on that one this year) and so I busted out the yarn I bought in Cambria last September, Manos del Uruguay Alegria, which I used for the Wool &amp; Honey last year. Cambria and that area of the California Central Coast is one of my favorite areas and usually make a little stop at the local yarn shop there, Balls &amp; Skeins &amp; More.  They have the full range of Manos yarns and it&#8217;s really fun to see everything displayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I cast on for Misurina, a pattern by Caitlin Hunter of Boyland Knitworks. It&#8217;s a short-sleeved cropped sweater with two different options on how to handle the body &#8211; there is a purl texture option or an eyelet pattern, and I went with the eyelet pattern. Between the colorwork and cables at the top and the body pattern, this really kept my interest and within a week I had complete the following: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210117_155541_013_1__medium2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210117_155541_013_1__medium2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2405\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210117_155541_013_1__medium2.jpg 640w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210117_155541_013_1__medium2-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210117_155541_013_1__medium2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210117_155541_013_1__medium2-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210117_155541_013_1__medium2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is pretty fast for me!! Plus I have been practicing on my colorwork, so it looks so much better than some previous attempts. I now know you should carry the dominant color (the one you want to &#8220;pop&#8221; against the background, in this case the yellow) on the left as you are knitting. This makes a big difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So it was just a nice, repetitive knit once I got done with the yoke and in another week I had a new sweater! It took 15 days of knitting and one of blocking &#8211; definitely a record for me. Previously I had knit the Love Note sweater in 22 days (big needles made the difference on that one!) and thought that was pretty good! The Wool &amp; Honey I knit last year in about 6 weeks, which I also thought was pretty good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I followed the pattern as written except for the following mods:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Knit the sleeves about 2&#8243; longer than called for &#8211; an additional repeat of the eyelet pattern.<\/li><li>Knit the body about 3&#8243; longer than called for &#8211; the pattern indicates a total length of something like 8&#8243; and I have a long torso &#8211; that would have looked really stupid on me where that cuts off so I almost always add a bit of length to my sweaters. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210131_125653_651_1__medium2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"639\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210131_125653_651_1__medium2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2406\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210131_125653_651_1__medium2.jpg 640w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210131_125653_651_1__medium2-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210131_125653_651_1__medium2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210131_125653_651_1__medium2-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210131_125653_651_1__medium2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The neck and sleeves both feature ribbing and a rolled hem. I am not normally a rolled hem kind of person, but it works with this design so I kept it. It adds a softness to this design that I rather like. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210131_125653_650_1__medium2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"639\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210131_125653_650_1__medium2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2407\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210131_125653_650_1__medium2.jpg 640w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210131_125653_650_1__medium2-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210131_125653_650_1__medium2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210131_125653_650_1__medium2-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210131_125653_650_1__medium2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a very fun knit and I had a great time making it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Finally finishing the marled ombre Go-To Raglan, which finally has a body and a sleeve! Currently it&#8217;s back in time out because I knit said sleeve twice and am not in the mood LOL. But probably later this month. I did most of this catch-up knitting after completing Misurina, so it&#8217;s nice to be in a knitting groove once again!<\/li><li>However&#8230;. I also cast on for a 2nd Zweig! This one is dark blue and knit out of Knitpicks Stroll Tonal. I have always wanted a blue one, and after living with the first one I knit about 3 years ago, I realized that sweater is a cold weather version, so I&#8217;m doing 3\/4 length sleeves and a little shorter body length &#8211; hoping it comes out more similar to Wool &amp; Honey. I did a big order from Knitpicks in January in lieu of attending Stitches West this year, which is virtual &#8211; I am not interested in attending virtual trade shows. I also got some yarn to finally make Caitlin Hunter&#8217;s Sipila, which I have been looking for yarn for for years it feels like! But the KP Muse line had the perfect turquoisey blue. And I also got some yarn to knit Arachne, a yoked sweater where the yoke design is a spider web. <\/li><li>The KP order also included an extra yellow Stroll, which I have almost used up in the marling for the Comfort Fade cardi. I was going pretty strong on that one last year till I realized that I needed more yellow to finish the marling as well as for the collar. So I&#8217;m kinda feeling that one after I finish the Go-To and Zweig 2.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll see how all that shakes out&#8230; Still under lockdown here in CA so I am just following my whims while I am still stuck at home.<\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:30px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/misurina-tee-the-fastest-sweater-i-ever-knit\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sure some of you have had making experiences where something just flew off the needles (or canvas, or jewelry board, or whatever). I haven&#8217;t really ever had that happen before with a sweater as I&#8217;m not a particularly fast sweater knitter and have mostly moved over to knitting smaller gauge sweaters on finer yarns &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/misurina-tee-the-fastest-sweater-i-ever-knit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MISURINA TEE: The Fastest Sweater I Ever Knit&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[317],"class_list":["post-2404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily","tag-knitting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2408,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404\/revisions\/2408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}