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(Note: The other picture of Rivendell is still here, just in my scraps.)

This is a self-designed, handknit sweater inspired by Lord of the Rings. There's quite a story behind this one; I wanted a sweater that echoed the atmosphere of the Elven dwelling place. The rich jewel tone and belled sleeves mimic the clothing styles, while the cables are pulled directly from the architecture. The mirrored cables on the sleeves are pulled from a bookshelf border in the movie set. The chest cable is a combination of a lower bookshelf border and the trellises that arch over the outside pathways.

The sweater is worked in allover reverse stockinette stitch with garter hems on the sleeves and body. I added waist shaping to make it fit better, since I am not shaped like a box. The raglan decreasing is worked in knit stitch to make it pop and echo the cables, and the hems and neck are edged in applied i-cord. There are Japanese short rows that add shaping to the shoulders; I borked them up a little, so they're more visible than I wanted, but that's a minor point.

All in all, I am very pleased with it. I plan to tighten up the pattern and submit it to a knitting magazine sometime in the near future; hopefully it will be up for sale soon after that.

Description
(Note: The other picture of Rivendell is still here, just in my scraps.)

This is a self-designed, handknit sweater inspired by Lord of the Rings. There's quite a story behind this one; I wanted a sweater that echoed the atmosphere of the Elven dwelling place. The rich jewel tone and belled sleeves mimic the clothing styles, while the cables are pulled directly from the architecture. The mirrored cables on the sleeves are pulled from a bookshelf border in the movie set. The chest cable is a combination of a lower bookshelf border and the trellises that arch over the outside pathways.

The sweater is worked in allover reverse stockinette stitch with garter hems on the sleeves and body. I added waist shaping to make it fit better, since I am not shaped like a box. The raglan decreasing is worked in knit stitch to make it pop and echo the cables, and the hems and neck are edged in applied i-cord. There are Japanese short rows that add shaping to the shoulders; I borked them up a little, so they're more visible than I wanted, but that's a minor point.

All in all, I am very pleased with it. I plan to tighten up the pattern and submit it to a knitting magazine sometime in the near future; hopefully it will be up for sale soon after that.