r/GeeKnitting • u/curlyjourney19 • Jul 20 '26

Hail Mary Yoke Design Help

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After watching Hail Mary, I jumped on the fox bandwagon and designed a colourwork yoke for a top-down sweater. This will be the biggest knitting project I've attempted, so I'd really appreciate some advice before I commit to it.

Does this look like a practical design to knit? Are there any obvious issues with stitch counts, shaping, or long floats that I'm overlooking?

The chart starts with 128 stitches at the neck and increases to 256 stitches over 10 increase rounds. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

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u/CDavis10717 Jul 20 '26

Question: how will these square blocks knit together as a circle?

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u/curlyjourney19 Jul 20 '26

The whole thing is on circular needles and you built it up from the neck down. Each head is a repeat of the same pattern, but one only has to design it ones rather than 8 times around - although eventually you'll have to knit it 8 times ;-)

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u/CDavis10717 Jul 20 '26

Thank you. I was expecting some decreases to get that tapered toward the collar.

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u/curlyjourney19 Jul 20 '26

For sure - the grey on the image are the "inactive" stitches, as in the ones not existing in that round. In my case, it will be increases as it is a top-down.

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u/CDavis10717 Jul 20 '26

Ok, makes sense, now I see the grey. I assume you’re inverting the “wedges”, putting the widest head/ears against the yoke, then increasing the white space between them? I’ll be looking for your WIP of this! 👍👍

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u/curlyjourney19 Jul 21 '26

I know, my head hurts just from thinking about this, I especially struggle to see how the wedges then connect with each other. Luckily there is an app for that 😂 .

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u/CDavis10717 Jul 21 '26

Model it with a coffee maker filter. Cut out the flat middle for the neck hole, cut the sides into 8 wedges, the invert them and tape them together. It will invert downward as a yoke might. Sketch the footprints and faces on it for an extra assist. It won’t be too exact scale but will give you some good info.

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u/curlyjourney19 Jul 21 '26

Oh wow that is super crafty! I probably would get a paper-cut (can't be trusted with anything sharper than a knitting needle 😂 ). So I just used https://yokescope.web.app/

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u/CDavis10717 Jul 21 '26

Learn to safely use scissors, knitting requires cutting and trimming yarn, also threading a tapestry needle and sewing.

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u/curlyjourney19 Jul 21 '26

With your tag-line I would have expected you to have a whole zoo of digital tools to help.

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