Simple Thoughts on Knitting the Calligraphy Pullover by Heidi May
The first of the knit Calligraphy Pullover sweaters are off my needles! After a rocky start, this knit raglan sweater (designed by The Velvet Acorn) flew off my needles. Today, I’m excited to share with you all of the project details as well as the finished look!
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I have three girls under six.
No, that’s not the whole story! Crazy as life is around here with all four of my kiddos, I found time to knit this gorgeous sweater for Clara.
I shared my finished knit sweater in episode 5 of the Farmhouse Knitting Podcast, as well as in my January video from A Year of Cozy.
Guys, I enjoyed this pattern so much that I’ve already cast on Natalie’s, and have the yarn for Lucy’s, too!
I’m planning a cute sibling photo shoot sometime this spring!
So, I loved this sweater a lot, I’ve shared my progress on it for two months, and…it’s finished!
Without further ado, let me share with you Clara’s knit calligraphy sweater!
The pattern
Before I share the finished sweater, I wanted to tell you what I even knit!
The knit Calligraphy Pullover by The Velvet Acorn
Heidi May, the designer behind The Velvet Acorn, has really cute patterns for girls.
She knits and crochets for boys and adults, too. But even before I was pregnant, I loved looking at her pretty sweaters, cardigans, and scarves that her cute little girls would model.
She has a look that even myself as an early knitter could recognize while scrolling through Pinterest!
So, three girls later and it’s no surprise that I’m knitting something she designed!
Worked top down, the knit Calligraphy Pullover is a raglan style sweater that’s knit in one piece.
No seaming? I’m on board!
My early problem came from casting on for Clara’s size (6/7), but placing markers for Lucy’s size (2/3). Easy mom-with-a-newborn mistake!
Once I frogged it and followed my own advice of highlighting the sizes I was working on, I was able to cruise along until breaking for sleeves.
Once I put your sleeve stitches on scrap yarn, I worked the body for an enjoyable stockinette stretch of easy knitting. Which, I might add, was very Book of Boba Fett friendly! There was very little room for mistakes here.
The fun part is in the ruffles, which I’ll let you read in Heidi May’s pattern!
I won’t lie, working the sleeves of a six year old’s sweater on double pointed needles, wasn’t my favorite thing. But, obviously, not at the fault of the pattern itself.
Watch my Calligraphy Pullover progress on the Farmhouse Knitting Podcast below
The yarn
Clara thinks she’s Elsa.
No, really. With her blue eyes and white blonde hair, plus love of the color blue, she may be part Disney princess. Or I guess queen?
But seriously, I didn’t dare even ask if she’d wear the sweater until I had a yarn in mind that came in light blue.
I love Wool of the Andes worsted for my cabin socks, but I’d actually never tried the WOTA bulky before. So I went with the ironic color “Clarity” which sadly went over my child’s head. But I’ll still get a good mom chuckle every time I say Clara’s was knit with Clarity yarn.
So, I got to try new yarn, and less of it since it’s for a six year old.
The worst thing is buying a bunch of yarn for yourself, realize you hate it, and then hide the finished product under your bed forever, right? Just me?
But I was really happy with this yarn.
It held up really well when I frogged the start of the first sweater and cast on again.
I will say, later on in the skein it seemed like the yarn wasn’t as tightly wound. Not that it was coming apart, just that it seemed a tiny bit more lofty.
I found that I needed to tighten my tension as I went on to keep gauge.
But overall I was really happy with the yarn, and it blocked really well.
Now, it’s nice and soft, and Clara has already worn it a handful of times.
I do have to stalk the laundry though, since it’s 100% wool. One sloppy toss in the dryer and I’ll no longer need to knit a smaller one for Lucy!
My Calligraphy Pullover rating
So, DPN’s and living dangerously with the yarn aside, I definitely recommend this pattern.
Like I said, I’m knitting two more of them for her sisters!
I really hit a sweater knitting craze through watching other knitting podcasters. But I’m also 5 months postpartum and don’t feel like I can wear one yet myself. So I live vicariously through Clara, who thankfully has welcomed it into her kindergartener wardrobe.
In fact, today she’s wearing it over her swimsuit with goggles. I love the confidence!
Watch below to see the finished Calligraphy Pullover!
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