SD-16...Virgil in silk stripes.
Bracketed by a small deluge of other sweaters. :p
I've been working on an extremely-fitted, mostly-seamless (just a shoulder seam) striped sweater pattern recently...SD-13s first, in a nice Merino wool.
Another one of Sylvian in the blackwhite stripe....the prototype.
This one won't be for sale...for one thing, I need to keep it around for sizing calculations!
And the redblack stripe. Holy CRAP this thing is tight. Fitted-tight, not overstretched-tight--but there's really no getting around hand-removal when you're putting this thing on. Bless you, Volks One-Touch system! ♥ Still, I wish there were some other way...but not unless I make the armholes much larger. Ah well.
This one's spoken for.
And finally, a sweater for Virgil! Or, well, a sweater that I'm going to sell, that's made for SD-16s, that Virgil is kindly modelling for me. Virge will get his own soon, though. He's not so big on that International Male zippershirt thing he came with. XD
This is "shipwreck," so named because the two yarn colours are "pitch" and "pool"...couldn't resist. ^^ It's a wonderful heavy silk/alpaca blend...the richness & sheen is incredible in person.
You can get a better sense of how the yarn looks when you get closer...
Alas, the SD-16 version also requires hand-removal during dressing--those great big juicy yummy Yukihands (I am SUCH a man-hands whore... >_>) are just too much for a tight sweatersleeve. Again, though, One-Touch saves the day.
Big Stripe, little stripe, & Aubrey breaking our Cardinal House Rule.
And a lineup of some of my early sweater prototypes, from "most" to "least" fitted.
I just sent out a prototype SD-13 girl-size Suri sweater for some fit-testing:
And now I'm working on a pattern for Sharmins, which might also fit Unoas...although I'll probably have to make a variant to cover Unoas with the large bust-plate. Simone's just...stacked. She requires a special Stacked Sweater.
Speaking of Simone (my white Lusis) & Virgil--well, they seem to've struck up an instant, err, connection. Talk about driving the DoA sizeists crazy--they should get a load of a Lusis sitting in an Yukinojo's lap!! XD Those little Unoa hands just seem made to comb through Virgil's hair, and those giant SD-16 hands look endearingly tender wrapping around her tiny waist. ;; Dude, I should so take pictures.