In the round Jumper update

 

Here is my prgress update on my first in the round jumper. As said in my previous post I am using Stylecraft special DK yarn in Greengauge (which is like a green and yellow twist yarn although on the website I bought it from it looks more like green and beige) I used my favorite pattern (which is a simple raglan pattern that i got from my mum - I will attempt to find the pattern number next time I go round to see her - but the pattern is a back and forth pieced pattern so I'm converting it to in the round)
I started at the bottom and worked about 16 rows in 1x1 rib (i lost count as I was working so guessed a bit) and I'm now up to where I need to add the sleeves. I was comtemplating working 4 less stitches (I assme they would have added 4 - 1 at either end of the front piece and the same for the back) but I just cast on the amount of the front and back to save confusion later!
I made my own sitich markers. The ones I biought are great but I thought they made my knitting a little looser, so I made some out of spare beads i had lying around and some elastic cording

I added 2 beads to the first one so i could easily identify the start of the round... but i got caught up in whatever was on the tv and accidentally knitted the other one into the jumper! :0

Oh well, at least its cheap elastic so will be easy to cut and re-thread. So the first tip I have is pay attention to your stitch markers haha.
Now comes the difficult part where I have to do some research into how to increase on the sleeves. I recently knitted a cardigan (which incidentally once I'd finished I hated it *sigh*) I got the body finished and was left with ony 1 ball of wool so had to try to work out the best way to add the sleeves at a 3/4 length without ending up with one shorter than the other. I searched high and low to find another ball of wool, but it was discontinued so I picked up stitches and knitted the sleeve down from the armhole (this totally didin't work as it was shaped at the top) but it did look a bit weird with the increases over about 6 stitches at the start and end of the round. I ended up knitting them flat from where I guessed elbow length would be and they worked out ok.
I'll post another update when I've figured out what to do next!