# Knitting help - using a pattern

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 16, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knitting-help-using-a-pattern/521483 "2009-12-16T15:14:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knitting-help-using-a-pattern/521483/21 "2009-12-17T14:58:11Z")

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> [@zweisamkeit](#):
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> Here! [I took a picture of what I do](http://www.flickr.com/photos/21142502@N07/4190117361/)!

> [@amarinth](#):
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> I like the green sweater - where’s the pattern from?

Ditto - I’d love to get the pattern for that sweater.

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**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knitting-help-using-a-pattern/521483/22 "2009-12-18T00:24:40Z")

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> [@The\_Weird\_One](#):
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> Ditto - I’d love to get the pattern for that sweater.

Wow, thanks, you guys! That was actually my first pullover sweater and first one I had to seam together. 🙂

[The pattern is called Taconic](http://www.yarn.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/categoryID/885E453C-466F-4152-AFD2-BA506F43AE54/productID/047BEBFB-940F-4617-99A3-A52A2EA4B0DE/) and it’s at WEBS (link there for you).

The changes I made:

- I substituted Di’ve Zenith yarn instead of using the Valley Yarns Williamstown (it’s a teal color, but my old bathroom made it look green in the photo. I like it that way, too, heh).
- I added in waist-shaping. You start knitting the front and back pieces at the bottom, so I knit a few inches, decreased in on each side, knit more, then increased on each side after about 3" (I have the specific numbers somewhere; they were based on my measurements, the stitches per inch, etc.). I managed to actually make it fit my curves!
- The pattern makes a SHORT sweater. I added two full inches to the bottom to get it where it is in the picture. I’d recommend doing the same; I would’ve ended up with something that stopped near my navel otherwise.
- The sleeves are rather wide and loose. I just cheated and seamed them in a bit more snugly. It means I have a bit of a ridge at the seam, but whatever!

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