I am knitting my third ever jumper, and this one is bottom up in the round…sort of!
It’s a pattern from a magazine called Let’s Knit (issue 180 Feb 2022) and it’s by Susie Johns on page 22.
But it’s a funny construction, to me anyway, in that you knit the front and back very bottom part seperately and then join in the round to work the body, THEN separate again to do the front and back yoke parts back and forth.
And that is where I’m struggling with it.
My tension has dramatically changed from working back and forth on 4mm needles to working in the round on 4mm needles. So, I bought some 4.5mm needles in the round and I’ve gone up a half size…but I need to do a few more rounds before I can tell whether it’s working or not.
Other than that, I’m not sure what to do, as the difference in tension is HUGE!
Can you see at the top on the picture below how it has changed? Argh! So frustrating!
The colour is more like a mix between the 2 pics above, why does the camera always struggle to get a perfect likeness?!
It’s DK and quite nice to work with. It’s Highland Heathers DK by Stylecraft in the shade 7228 lichen. You can get it here from The Knitting Network if you want to have a look.
I really like pattern itself. it isn’t difficult, it’s just the tension I’m having trouble with.
This is what it’s supposed to look like below:
But I have to say, my magazine is now a lot tattier than when this pic was taken!!
I’ll keep chugging away at it, I desperately want it off my needles so I can think about autumn/ winter knits!
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Woolly Orbit 
I agree that knitting in the round gives different tension to knitting on straight needles. Hope tension issues are resolve by going up a size.
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I hope it fixes it too! š
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