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clotpolesonly · 2 days ago

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ok so i leveled up aldkfjgahdfg

what started as an idle thought about how cool crochet cables look became a very-ambitious-for-my-skill-level plan to design and make a cabled sweater, from the ground up, no pattern, and son of a bitch i fucking DID IT ✨

i cannot believe this came together so well. i am notoriously bad at measuring things lmao, but i understood the spatial concepts involved in the construction, and i did math for this shit and checked and double checked and kept meticulous notes on everything i did so i could make sure all the pieces matched and whatnot. it's the most closely fitted thing i've made to date too (honestly, i haven't even made that much 😂 like 3 differently constructed cardigans, all drop shoulder, and a simple raglan sweater), and i used a fancy no seam short row shaping technique to set the sleeves in that i can't believe i actually pulled off.

bro, it just

it fits so well, and it's warm, and the cables look SO GOOD

like, motherfucker i made that???

wild

#my crochet #crochet #selfies #the tiniest of critiques: if i were to do anything differently or make it again (which i might tbh i got more of this kind of yarn)#i would put ribbing around the wrists like i did the hem and neck #cuz it's just hdcs as is and it doesn't stretch so it's a little tricky to get over the hands #not that i can't and it feels fine to wear it's just tricky to get off lol #i might make it like one (1) more cable twist longer in the body? maybe?? maybe not this looks really good on #i just feel like i need to wear high waisted jeans with it ya know? for comfort/so it doesn't ride up #and i would decrease more when setting up the armscye #to set them in deeper #this is worlds better than the drop shoulders i made before but they're still not set quite as high up the shoulder as i'd like #so next time i'll make those arm holes another inch or two deeper #GOD I'M SO PROUD OF THIS

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