Technically this isn’t the first fitting. I initially thought the neck opening was too small. So I checked before I got too far into it.

First Fitting of Eshi Pullover

The Eshi pullover design comes in a ton of size options. The designer also includes a lot of ways to change specific sections. If you want to make the yoke longer, for instance, or if you want to add darts for a larger bust, there are instructions for that. I’m still rather shocked this pattern is free.

This is the first time I’ve tried the sweater on with colorwork. I was a bit concerned about how the neon yellow would look on me. It’s a relief to see that the colors aren’t bad and might even be a bit flattering. I thought the gays were supposed to know this innately.

Request for Advice

I really love the fabric that the stranded knitting is creating. But as soon as I get past the yoke section, the remainder of the body and the sleeves will be all simple, single-layer stockinette stitch. That doesn’t include the ribbing at the bottom. I’m thinking the fabric for the body and sleeves might be too thin and structureless.

What do readers think about the idea of continuing to knit stranded but using the same color…just switching back and forth between two different strands of the gray? Or maybe even using two slightly different colors of gray/taupe.

I actually meant to use the slightly browner color of the two yarns for this sweater (the ball on the right). So I’m thinking about mixing these two colors in a simple 1×1 color-stranding for the plain parts of the sweater. I’ll go back to the normal one-yarn knitting (using the gray) for the ribbing.

Any thoughts?

Current Knitting

Just a quick update on the status of this project:

I’m at round 43 of 58 on the yoke motif. Soon I’ll have to decide whether to strand or not on the non-colorwork sections, so flood me with advice if you have any.