While I've been busy doing laundry and assorted other odds and ends I've spent a little time here and there knitting my first raglan sweater. As I prefer to create my own stuff instead of following someone else's pattern, I did all the measurements and calculations needed to create a sweater.

I'm knitting it from the top down on circular needles so that it's basically knit in one piece without having to do any seaming. Once I get the body finished I just have to go back and pick up stitches at the arm holes and knit the sleeves. The great thing about knitting one this way is that I can try it on as I go and make any adjustments needed to ensure a proper fit.

I'm using Knit Picks Wool of the Andes yarn in the Sapphire Heather color. It's a very nice blue color and will make for a great looking sweater.

I started the sweater at the neck on 16" circular needles and have now transferred it twice to longer cables to accomodate the increasing diameter. It's now on Knit Picks Options interchangable needles with 32" cable. I am still working on the raglan increases that create the top of the front and back, the shoulders, and beginnings of the sleeves.

Last night when I transferred it to the 32" cable I tried it on for fit. The neck fits perfectly and the raglan section lays exactly as it should. So far so good. While I did all the calculations for this sweater to fit my build it's a lot of fun to see it actually taking shape and looking exactly as I had intended.

I had considered putting some cable stitches into this sweater but have decided instead to just create a plain sweater without any fancy pattern in it at all. Since it's my first one I decided that it would be better to keep it simple. A true guy sweater LOL

Right now it's just a neck and a bit on the shoulders, front and back, but when it reaches the point that it actually looks like something I'll try and post some progress pics.