My first post in the Needle Work community, hello!
I have a long history with fiber arts, I used to do a lot of sewing and sold lots of 1/1 dresses and tops back in the day when 
I made quite a few hats and some cowl, scarf type things but never ventured into wearables as I thought they were too intimidating. Over the years I would crochet, then stop crocheting for long periods of time. For some reason I got a hankering to have another go at it but I was bored of making hats lol. I looked up some beginner sweater/cardigan tutorials and came across this one: https://www.crochetwithcarrie.com/balloon-sleeve-cardigan/
I realize that it was basically just some rectangles attached together and the balloon sleeves were made in the round all of which I was capable of..
I really loved the sleeves the most. I started off following the pattern but pretty quickly went freestyle.
This lilac colored yarn is the only one I had enough of (about 6 skeins). I was hoping for dear life because the pattern called for 7, but since I was making it smaller I thought I might make it. Well that didn't happen, I ran out and had to do an emergency yarn purchase. I was not able to find the exact yarn so I ended up getting this paler lilac and and off white to make a gradient. Here is my little swatch test to see how they worked together:
Another snag I ran into, the pattern called for 6mm and 8mm hooks and for some unknown reason I only had 5.5 and 7.5. The size small I was making was supposed to be very oversized, so again I thought NO PROBLEM. Even with slightly smaller hooks it will still probably be oversized... how wrong I was. It still does fit well thankfully but I wanted everything bigger, especially the sleeves. Lesson learned haha!
I'm wondering if blocking it with steam or warm water/blow dryer could potentially relax it but I haven't attempted that yet and might test a swatch first :)
For some info, the main body panel is made of HDCBLO.
A close up of the arms which are made with a shell stitch and a SCBLO ribbing for the cuff:
Overall I think this was a decent attempt at a first wearable and I'm excited to carry forward what I learned from my mistakes!
I have a lot of yarn I've accumulated over the years and I'm trying to figure out a new project to get rid of it, might make the ugliest sweater ever?????? idk lol, IDEAS?
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