I haven’t knitted a jumper for myself since 1999. I think I’m due for a new one.

I’m going to make it up as I go along. I’m using Bendigo Woollen Mill,  Luxury 8 ply, Bracken. It is 100% wool, and machine washable.

Following the success of my grandson’s jumper, I am beginning with the sleeve.  I am bored with ribbed cuffs so I have made a braided cable cuff, 23 stitches wide, I began with 17 stitches and garter stitched ten rows. I have used “The Great American Afghan” book, page 45 chart A, with a 3 stitch garter stitch border on either side, I increased to 23 stitches by Kf&b on the foundation row of each cable strand. My wrists are very thin so I needed only three repeats of the graph and 10 garter stitch rows at each end.

Instead of breaking off after the cast-off row of the cuff,  I simply turned it around and picked up the stitches purlwise along the length.

So far so good:

Update: I wasn’t happy with this and so it was unpicked. I will go back to it another time for another jumper.