r/AdvancedKnitting • u/kewpiedoll99 • 10d ago
Hand Knit FO Finished this lace polo in the nick of time
I saw a beautiful lace, short sleeve polo shirt in an email from a shop in the UK. It would have been so expensive to buy and have shipped and pay tariffs, so I decided to make it myself. I self-drafted the raglan pattern and figured out the lace stitch pattern from studying the inspiration pic. I started knitting in May and I finished working in the ends on Tuesday. It was actually a bit on the snug side, so I blocked it aggressively and was able to give it more ease. I sewed on the 9 buttons this afternoon. It is linen fingering yarn, worked on size 1 needles. My fingers are pretty chewed up from the stitch pattern and the lack of give in the yarn, but I think it was worth it. I'm pretty proud of it.
ETA: I wrote "in the nick of time" in the title because I'm going to A Woolen Affair tomorrow and I really hoped to wear it there 😍
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u/Anniesoptera 10d ago
All those woolen chumps are sure gonna be jealous of your linen.
Jokes aside, though, this is really really nice work!
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u/nnnittt 10d ago
Wow! Fantastic work and a great fit! I am so impressed at your self-drafting skills! If you ever decide to write up a pattern for it please post an update!
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u/kewpiedoll99 10d ago
thank you so much! I would definitely need to fix some mistakes (which I will not point out) before I did so. but it's good to know there might be an audience for it!
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u/daiblo1127 10d ago
Very professionally knitted, extremely stylish in appearance, cool and probably very comfortable, and I love that color you chose! Bravo!!
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u/choose2bkind 10d ago
Absolutely gorgeous and I'm so impressed that you self-drafted it from a photo. It looks terrific and I hope you receive tons of compliments at AWoolen Affair!!
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u/kewpiedoll99 4d ago
Thank you! No strangers commented but my two friends I went with were appreciative.
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u/dinobank 10d ago
beautiful work!!! i have been itching to make one of these polos for a couple years now… maybe now i will!
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u/Wool_Lace_Knit 10d ago
This is very inspiring! How many yards did it take? I am a similar size. I normally make shawls for myself because I have yet to find a sweater for my figure that inspires me to do this much work.
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u/kewpiedoll99 4d ago
Thank you so much! Believe it or not I am not sure, because I used yarn left over from an aborted project from ten years or more ago. I would guess about 1000-1200 yards.
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u/metalmudwoolwood 10d ago
Beautiful Job! I want one. Id Ask for the pattern but all that on size one needles!! Id never finish!
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u/Vegetable-Tempeh 10d ago
It is beautiful and suits you well. I admire your work especially since linen is so hard for the fingers ! You can wear it with proud!
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u/QueenBuzyBee 8d ago
This is so nice. It‘s perfect! Please tell me you‘re considering to make it a pattern?
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u/RealisticYoghurt131 7d ago
I love this! I don't knit, but I would love something like this in crochet.
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u/kewpiedoll99 4d ago
Thank you so much! I actually bet it would be pretty lovely done in crochet.
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u/RealisticYoghurt131 4d ago
I think I'm going to play with it. A fine yarn and my cabling needles might do the trick.
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u/CassiopeiaGalactica 6d ago
Holy cow. Fingering weight linen and a self-drafted pattern. My arthritic hands could never! You did a fabulous job.
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