My Katrina Sweater

And my second sweater is finished, too. The pattern is the Katrina Rib by Cookie A. The yarn is Malabrigo Arroyo in Borrajas.

I’m feeling a bit ambivalent about the yarn, though. It was a mess to wind into a skein, there are knots, a break, and some undyed spots. Skeins from the same dye lot vary, the second skein I used was darker than the first. The latter two points aren’t all that bad because the variegation in the yarn covers it up and keeps it interesting. On the other hand this yarn is sooo soft and squishy and non-scratchy and feels so very nice against the skin. The colour is amazing and it keeps together way better unlike Malabrigo Worsted, which starts to get fuzzy even while still on the needles. I love this yarn, but it still won’t get five stars from me because of the poor winding and the dyelot differences. And the fact, that a 100g-skein often weighs considerably less.

I found a mistake in the pattern, which can be found only in the bigger size L/XL. I’m very sure that this is not due to any mistakes I’ve made. I checked and rechecked and counted until I was blue in the face. It is definitely the pattern!
In round 57 it says right before the beginning of the travelling rib section to
…P3, K2, K2tog, move marker, K1…
This is impossible because at this point, there are only 3 knit sts before the marker. One stitch is missing!
I fixed this by going back all the way to round 49, where I added a purl stitch to the travelling section. Remember, this was the round in which that section originally did not get any increases. I didn’t rip it all out, I just dropped the neighbouring stitches and fixed it that way. Which was not all that easy, due to the k2tog in round 53. And the line of purl stitches cannot be seen, but it is there. And then it all fits.
As an alternative, I guess one could just forget the k2tog in round 57 and just k3 before the marker.

Otherwise the sweater is drop. dead. gorgeous.