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Written by lyoca on 2025-01-02 at 23:47

All that gift-sewing wasn't my last crafty hurrah of 2024 - the "fade" stashbuster sweater I started in September was. My (perfect) New Year's Eve was just me, sports on TV, and two attempts at a collar. (It always takes me two tries, I stink at picking up stitches.) Love the end result. Am now officially obsessed with turning my random single skeins into sweaters.

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Written by Rebecca on 2025-01-03 at 04:14

@lyoca oooh, i love it! Great work

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Written by lyoca on 2025-01-03 at 12:59

@flicka Thank you! :)

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Written by Nicole des Bouvrie on 2025-01-03 at 11:17

@lyoca

Wow, so pretty! I would also like to do this... but never done a fade, seems intimidating. Especially to get the sleeves to match the body like you did! Just Weighing the yarn, is that how you did it?

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Written by lyoca on 2025-01-03 at 12:58

@nobyeni Yes! Weighing and percentage math. I definitely kept a notebook as I went - no way I was making the sleeves match if I didn't. 😆

I can go into detail of what I did if it's helpful. The very short version is that I split the yarn between body and sleeves based on stitch count, and then each yarn got faded based on weight. It wasn't too difficult, just a bit to keep track of.

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Written by Karen Strickholm on 2025-01-03 at 21:47

@lyoca That's a home run!

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Written by lyoca on 2025-01-06 at 11:09

@KarenStrickholm Thank you! It even fits perfectly, so I'd say I agree! LOL

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Written by Karen Strickholm on 2025-01-07 at 21:26

@lyoca It's very attractive. Looks expensive!

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