Zimmerman Rose
A finished Zimmerman sweater with bell sleeves.
Pattern: Raglan no-seam sweater from Knitting without Tears by Elizabeth Zimmerman.
Yarn: Karabella Softig in Rose. 7.5 skeins
Gauge: 3 st. per inch in stockinette
Needles: size 11 - Denise interchangeables.
Completed: 10/29/04
I hemmed her up this morning so I could wear her to work (friday is “wear-your-knitted-sweater-to-work” day. In my world, that is.). I was going to hem the sleeves, too, But I didn’t have time to do it this morning. I’m still trying to decide if I should hem them, but I kind of like them the way they are now.
I like the way this sweater turned out! It’s very comfortable to wear, as it’s cotton. And it fits really well. The neck didn’t turn out to be a boat neck, though, but that’s okay. I never did figure out how to construct a boat neck.
The inside of this sweater is so janky. There were so many threads to weave in, and I need to figure out how to deal with weaving in loose threads. I don’t feel like my weaving job is very good. I’ll have to find a good book that discusses how to do this in detail. My problem is that the little ends tend to poke through to the front of the sweater and it drives me nuts!
There were some issues with major holes that I had to fix in the underarm area were the raglan shaping starts and the underarm weaving begins. I’m still not so sure why this happened , but I think it has to do with the yarn. Or not. I don’t know. Hey, I’m still a newbie at all this 
So, not too bad for the fourth sweater I’ve ever made, eh? It’s definately NOT perfect, but I think I’m getting better. I’m definately learning more and more with each project.
5 comments October 29th, 2004