Moby Sweater
My Christmas sweater
The Basics
Completed: December 2023
Time to complete: Worked on and off from end of August to beginning of December
Cost to make: $108.00 CAD
Pattern: Moby Sweater
Designer: PetiteKnit
Size: XS
Yarn: Sandnes Garn Peer Gynt Tweed, colour: 2720 Marzipan Tutti Frutti; 50 g/91 m
Amount used: ~11 skeins, or 552 g total (2 g of 12th skein used to bind off one sleeve)
Needle size: 4.0 mm main needle; 3.5 mm 1x1 ribbing on body and sleeves; 3.0 mm 1x1 ribbing on neck edge
Measurements
I washed and blocked my garment and used pins to help open up the cables. I did some additional targeted blocking afterwards on the body cables and sleeves to further open up the cables.
I knit this to pattern for size XS ie) same number of stitches/rows except:
I made my sleeves longer
Any measurements that have a difference greater than 1”/2.5 cm from the pattern’s measurements will be noted below; otherwise assume my garment measures the same as an XS (+/- 1”/2.5 cm)
My finished garment measurements:
Chest circumference: 37” / 94 cm (8 cm smaller than pattern)
Total length: 21” / 53 cm ( 4 cm shorter than pattern)
Underarm to bottom hem: 12” / 31 cm
Sleeve length from underarm: 19” / 48 cm (this is 2.5 cm longer than pattern)
Upper sleeve circumference: 15” / 39 cm (this is 3 cm smaller than pattern)
My body measurements are accessed via link below labelled “Mel’s body measurements”. I understand this information can cause harm to some, but are helpful to others. By having this information on a private page, the choice is yours whether you want to view this information or not.
The Pattern
Moby Sweater by PetiteKnit
Designer’s website
9 sizes offered: XS to 5XL
Finished bust circumference:
XS - 40.25” / 102 cm
S - 41.75” / 106 cm
M - 43.25” / 110 cm
L - 46.5” / 118 cm
XL - 49.5” / 126 cm
2XL - 52.75” / 134 cm
3XL - 57.5” / 146 cm
4XL - 60.75” / 154 cm
5XL - 65.25” / 166 cm
Taking into account the recommended positive ease built into the pattern of 6-8” / 15-20 cm, the sizes correspond to an actual bust circumference range of 32.25” to 59.25” / 82 cm to 151 cm.
Suggested yarn weight: worsted
Pattern gauge: 20 sts and 28 rows = 4 x 4” / 10 x 10 cm in texture pattern on 4.0 mm needles, blocked
Suggested needle sizes: 4.0 mm, 3.5 mm, and 3.0 mm
About the pattern
Skills/techniques/attributes:
Reading cable charts in rows and in the round
German short-rows
Drop-sleeve
Worked top-down
Crew-neck
Double moss stitch
Cables
Mock cable (travelling stitches)
M1R, M1L
The good:
Charts provided for the cable/texture stitch pattern with legend for all symbols
Suggested yarn amount was accurate for my size
The bad:
Not size inclusive (32.25” to 59.25”)
I found this pattern to be straightforward and easy to follow; however, the pattern contains errors in the measurements provided, specifically, measurements in inches. I cross-referenced the European versions and found the measurements in centimeters were correct.
Recommendations:
You will definitely need to wet block and pin to shape to open up all the cables. You may wish to do an initial wet block to get the overall size of the sweater correct, and later do spot blocking on individual sections.
I did use a cable needle; however, it is possible to work the cable in this pattern without one.
The cables in the front twist in a different direction than it’s counterpart in the back. This allows the cables to be continuous over the shoulders and “seamless”.
The Yarn
Sandnes Garn Peer Gynt Tweed, colour: 2720 Marzipan Tutti Fruitti; 50 g/ 91 m
I was lucky to have found this yarn on sale from Galt House of Yarn in May 2023. At the time, my LYS didn’t carry the Tutti Frutti colourway, so I was happy to find it on sale which helped offset the shipping cost from Ontario to BC.
Peer Gynt is 100% Norwegian wool and I would consider it to be slightly more rustic feeling than Cascade 220. The base colour, “Marzipan”, is a slightly warm neutral putty colour and throughout you will find flecks of red, blue, green, and yellow. This was my first time using Peer Gynt and I would happily use it again, especially since it is now carried locally at Wet Coast Wools, and at a price of $8 per skein.
With respect to splicing, it is possible, but it’s not as easy or neat as other NSW I have worked with. I found trimming out a couple plies from each end created a neater splice. In some areas I joined a new skein without splicing (mostly due to laziness).
