Passap Duo80 2nd Test Piece

Completed the second test piece from the Passap Duo80’s manual the other night. I’m not sure what 3 year old this would actually fit…

Completed 2nd Test Piece

It’s curling terribly (hence the post it pads holding it down), more than I would have expected.

The curl/bend from the ribbed hem to the main plain knit is odd. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that happen with hand knitting. My best guess is that it’s caused by the rib being done on both beds and the plain knit being single bed. Will have to ask other Passap knitters about this.

The wavy-ness within the plain knit body is fairly common to see in plain knitting done by continental hand knitters (differing stitch size between knits and purls); however, I didn’t expect to see it in something with mechanically-controlled tensioning. Potentially due to me stopping and starting in the middle of the project, pulling the yarn in the tensioner to correct it from pulling the lock too far past the end of the knitting.

I also had some difficulty with the +18 increases for the arms. That’s rather ragged and uneven since I wasn’t able to get those stitches to knit properly every time for the first few rows. (I had much better luck with the right arm on the 3rd test piece, the back to this “sweater.”)

I think some of the instructions in the manual leave a bit to be desired. I’m not sure if it’s due to translations or there’s some basic piece of knowledge I’m missing. I also wish it included stitch counts at the end of each section (minimally). I think I’m going to re-write the test piece instructions in a way that I think will be easier to understand, but that’s for another time.