My first finished object of 2022 fell off off the needles on March 16! I’ve eyed the Flax pattern for a while and was scared to make the adjustments for DK weight yarn. One day I just started knitting the third smallest size and then kept increasing the raglan seams until the yoke was long enough for me to start sleeves.
In addition, I added the garter stitch panels on the ribs to match the garter stripe on the top of the sleeves. I made decreases for the waist and a few increases for hips at the very end.
The sleeves show where I started running out of different colors as the knitting neared the bottom of the sweater. I wisely decided to start knitting the sleeves as I completed stripe sets on the body. It was nice to not get bored on sleeves at the end also. Noted, for future top-down sweaters…
Over 23,000 Flax sweaters are listed on the Ravelry project page. It’s a very basic pattern that you can “play” with easily. I might make another some day as well.
And right on cue for a cozy sweater finish, we have Spring. Picture was taken on March 20. Of course we had bone chilling 18* on Monday and a balmy 75* today, so who knows if these flowers will still be nice for the beginning of April.
