#mabel sweater

[theeddyinbetween]

@kee-ree’s stan dress-up-week day 5:

today’s prompt was free choice, so i chose finale stan:

i just think it’s so sweet, plus i figured it would be a good “goodbye” to the stan dress-up-week, since i might not do the weekend prompts

[bexythebookworm]

Collection of some of my favorite things I’ve crocheted!

Featuring: giant Bill Cipher Pillow, Mabel Sweater vest, bouquet of roses, Vincent my nine foot long rainbow snake, Waddles with a little sweater, and a crochet tapestry

There uh, sure is a lot of gravity falls here ⭐️🌲👁️

[dipperpines-kin]

Just in time for Fall! Mabel's Sweater is available at Hot Topic!

[sc00bynatura1]

so excited to share that I finally finished crocheting my mabel sweater !!! 💖💫🧶

(pattern info under the cut!)

pattern by the amazingly talented autumn olive crochet on ig !! https://www.autumnolive.com/shop-patterns/p/mabels-sweater-collection

[encephaloscope]

Mabel Sweater/Part 1: About

oh, how happy I am with this one.

I had this project in mind for a while so bringing it out into the world and having it fit and look exactly how I wanted is amazing. I will write two posts about it, because I want to 1- tell you all about it (yarn, pattern, duplicate stitching) and 2- explain the surgery I did on the sleeves to avoid re-doing them completely.

if you don't recognize it, this sweater is inspired by one worn by Mabel in the animated series Gravity Falls (check Disney+, it's so good, so worth it).

the yarn

Wool of the Andes (WotA) is my favorite worsted weight yarn. it's affordable, available in a wide range of colors (many beautiful heathered colorways, too, which I adore), it's non-superwash but not too itchy. it spit splices like a charm and has great warmth. you can knit it at various gauges in the DK-aran range with no problem. not an ad - I just really genuinely love this yarn, lol.

here are the colors I used, from left to right: dragonfruit, creme brulee, poet, tranquil and pumpkin. I think it's a prettttyy good match! I didn't want the orange to be too bright so pumkpin is perfect.

I was very intimidated by the dragonfruit colorway as I don't wear bright colors very often, but it has unlocked a love for pink I didn't know I had! and enough people have told me that it looks good on me that I believe them, now, lol.

the pattern

I wanted a loose-fitting, drop-shoulder, crew neck sweater. I know Mabel's sweaters all have that turtleneck action going on, but I am not comfortable in anything closer than a crew neck. I didn't use a pattern because I can make my own ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ hot take: drop shoulder sweaters are the easiest to grade and any decent designer should be able to have all sizes available. also, as a knitter, you can just knit bigger arm openings if you need bigger sleeves, simple as that.

so, I did some math to figure out how many stitches the body had to be. I divided that in two, for front and back. I decided that there would be one purl stitch on each side for a "faux-seam". I also decided that the neck opening should be a little under a third of the width. so I cast-on for the right shoulder, knit a few rows, put those on hold, did the same for the left shoulder, cast-on my neck stitches in between them, and worked the back until I had reached where the underarm would be. I then put my back stitches on hold and started working on the front. I picked up stitched from the right shoulder and just started to knit, shaping the neckline by trying it on me every few rows until I was satisfied. I put that on hold, mirrored it on the left side, then cast-on stitches in the middle, and knit straight until the front was as long as the back. I then joined everything to work in the round until I was satisfied with the length. so, you know. pretty basic improvised top-down drop-shoulder sleeve construction!

speaking of the sleeves, I picked up stitches with no regard for my row gauge. there were too many, the sleeves were puffy, and I didn't like the look. more on how I fixed them in part 2. aside from that, I opted for decreasing in the round every ten rows or so instead of decreasing under the arm. you can see the decreases on the sleeves a little, but I don't really mind, I like the fit better than if they were triangular.

the shooting star

I made the grid in Stitch Fiddle. I just googled something like "mabel rainbow shooting star sweater" and found an image of the design. I imported it in Stitch Fiddle and ... fiddled ... a bit with it. I figured out how many stitches wide I wanted it to be, and I had to slightly tilt the image so the star wouldn't be too wonky. it would have looked better if I had user a thinner yarn for the sweater, but I think I got a decent result for my gauge.

for the shooting star, I opted for duplicate stitching because I hate intarsia. it took three tries to find the technique that worked best for me and I ended up falling in love with the rhythm of it. for real, I was sad to be done at the end. I worked left-to-right, breaking my yarn for every "line" except the very short ones. here's a pic of the backside, if you're wondering what it looks like.

final thoughts

so yeah, pretty proud of myself on this one. I learned new techniques, I improvised a pattern. it was an exercise in trusting my instincts as I tend to overthink everything I create. it was also a project I knit for fun, for me, without the pressure of writing the pattern or having a deadline. as a bonus, I now have an easy Halloween costume!

[scooterpengie]

Since it’s Gravity Falls’ 10th Anniversary today, I thought I’d show off my Mabel sweaters! That’s right, my ultimate life ambition is to become Mabel Pines 😂

I made these by buying a jumper the same colour as Mabels’ and just sewing the design on! (except the last one, that just looks slightly like one she wears so I’m counting it 😅) Maybe this summer I’ll have time to make a new one...

[islandvelaris]

New season new designs🌿

Comfy cherry sweater 🍒💙

Luna Uni style hoodie 🌙📚

Purple Pines inspired by Mabel Pines🌲

Enjoy!💜

[bubblesbinxs]

Just want to 🤧🤧 say happy birthday to this amazing human being that is @therealjacksepticeye !

Tried something new and super colorful cos I know you like drawings with a lot of color so hope you like it dude! :)

You’re one of the most wonderful being that I’ve ever discovered on Earth and I hope you know this!

I want to thank you for believing in me and my dreams and never giving up that PMA! I may have joined this community really early (end of 2017 I think? I used to think that I was super late lol) but I’m so glad I still found it :)

Honestly, I don’t know if I’d feel better in my life if I never found your channel (I discovered your channel thanks to Mark, who I started watching and enjoying watching him a lot too :D)

I really hope that you’ll have a great day because it’s your birthday man!

Happy birthday again!!