{"id":7783,"date":"2023-06-02T15:26:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T15:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/?p=7783"},"modified":"2025-01-27T17:51:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T17:51:20","slug":"jerusalem-pottery-inspired-sweater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/jerusalem-pottery-inspired-sweater\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem Pottery Plate Sweater"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7783\" class=\"elementor elementor-7783\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef8c58d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ef8c58d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b02b745 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b02b745\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yes, I named a sweater after a plate<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a164ce8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a164ce8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When our family divided Grandma Clark&#8217;s belongings after her memorial service, both Aunt Susan and I wanted the Jerusalem Pottery plate to hang in our kitchens.\u00a0 Aunt Susan broke the tie with a joke, &#8220;You keep the plate, and make me a sweater based on it.&#8221;<\/p><p>For twenty years I wondered how to do it.\u00a0 She has a wool allergy, and lots of color work can make me, um, overly anticipate weaving in ends.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); color: var( --e-global-color-primary ); font-size: 1rem;\">This Christmas, I hung the plate on the wall and felt like it belonged there, because I finally made Susan a sweater.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0499862 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0499862\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20230602_132434976-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-7797\" alt=\"Jerusalem Pottery Plate hanging on my kitchen wall\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20230602_132434976-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20230602_132434976-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20230602_132434976-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20230602_132434976-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe6eb1c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fe6eb1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fba9b9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fba9b9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">It Started with  a Yard Sale, Such a Yard Sale!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-745bbce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"745bbce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Backing up to fall; Fred from church told me he was holding a yard sale with some friends who were trying to clean out the attic of their late mother who had been a fiber enthusiast. There were so many bargains,\u00a0<span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); color: var( --e-global-color-primary ); font-size: 1rem;\">I had to think carefully about shelf space, stash space, true needs, our budget, and <\/span><em style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); color: var( --e-global-color-primary ); font-size: 1rem;\">not giving Dan a heart attack.<\/em><\/p><p>I asked if they wanted more than the $10 they were asking for all the colors of thread cotton, they said they <em>wanted an attic back, did I want the embroidery floss too?<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); color: var( --e-global-color-primary ); font-size: 1rem;\">Great, due diligence and no guilt!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ab31ae e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6ab31ae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfe5d47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dfe5d47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What to do with all the loot?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1817f95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1817f95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What was I going to do with all of that beautiful thread cotton?\u00a0 Make Temari balls?\u00a0 Their late mother must have been thinking of that because 2 of the books I&#8217;d bought with the yarns were about Temari.\u00a0 Maybe I&#8217;d make one for Aunt Susan, she loves the purples and blues.\u00a0 Wait, cotton, Susan&#8230;!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f0c03f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9f0c03f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4203a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e4203a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Timeline<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf27a58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf27a58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Susan was going to spend Christmas at my Mom&#8217;s house.\u00a0 I needed a plan.\u00a0 She loves her clothes to fit well, but if I was going to surprise her with a gift, how was I going to do that?<\/p><p>I decided to use the basis of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/attleboro-sweater-download-availible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Attleboro Sweater<\/a>\u00a0for the body and sleeves, but make it a cardigan, and used linked stitches like in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/newport-a-crocheted-scarf-pattern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newport.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0For the yoke, I wanted some beautiful floral, Arabian lines, like the plate.\u00a0 But the clock was ticking for me to develop it myself.<\/p><p>So I didn&#8217;t develop it myself!\u00a0 I bought a copy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/green-tea-block\">the Green Tea Block by the Floral Hook <\/a> because a yoke is pretty much a circle with a neck hole in it with either a raised back of the neck inside the circle, or outside on the back shoulder sides.\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 What a fun pattern!\u00a0 It&#8217;s one of those new format ones where the tricky parts are illustrated on U-tube on a hidden video but you get the links in the pattern.\u00a0 This was my first overlay crochet pattern, the videos made everything really clear &#8211; clear enough to hack the original intent at the same time, because I was working it flat, not in the round.<\/p><p>As Dan says when he takes store bought treats to work, &#8220;This is how I bake.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>DON&#8217;T do it all yourself when you have a time crunch!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8befc6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8befc6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20221230_145946993-1200-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-7794\" alt=\"Yoke of Jerusalem Pottery Plate Sweater\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20221230_145946993-1200-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20221230_145946993-1200-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20221230_145946993-1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67f618b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"67f618b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23647b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23647b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Adapting the patterns<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d90943 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d90943\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I chain ply-ed the thread to get it to a dk-ish size, and made the yoke. Then I used Knit Picks simply organic sport cotton for the body and sleeves.<\/p><p>On Christmas morning, Susan got the pieces in a box (and also a painting of her new puppy by Kari).\u00a0 We fit the sweater to her, and took notes about alterations.\u00a0 It needed a much higher back than I had planned, and the neck was a bit loose.\u00a0 I took the pieces home to work on between visits.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7807cdb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7807cdb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d303647 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d303647\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20221209_195745688-1200-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-7785\" alt=\"Painting of Susan&apos;s puppy by Kari Guest\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20221209_195745688-1200-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20221209_195745688-1200-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20221209_195745688-1200-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20221209_195745688-1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f99f45b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f99f45b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd6470c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd6470c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20221225_224114333.PORTRAIT-1200-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-7787\" alt=\"Aunt Susan and Kari with the portrait of Susan&apos;s Puppy that Kari painted\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20221225_224114333.PORTRAIT-1200-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20221225_224114333.PORTRAIT-1200-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20221225_224114333.PORTRAIT-1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d1dbba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8d1dbba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebe63b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebe63b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Collaborating with Susan<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b529f7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b529f7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I raised the back, fitted the yoke over it again, then sewed it on.\u00a0 I added some more of the Green Tea popcorns to tie the colors in from the yoke to the sleeve cuffs.\u00a0 Susan wanted more colors in the sleeve cuffs (so she could see them herself when she wore the sweater).\u00a0 Since I&#8217;d made the sleeves a little to short anyhow, it needed longer cuffs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4efbdeb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4efbdeb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20221230_145941046-1200-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-7793\" alt=\"cuff of Jerusalem Pottery Plate Sweater\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20221230_145941046-1200-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20221230_145941046-1200-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20221230_145941046-1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90b9860 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90b9860\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); color: var( --e-global-color-primary ); font-size: 1rem;\">I worried that the plain sweater didn&#8217;t meld with the colorful collar and cuff until I remembered that I had some antique buttons from my friend Betsy, they brought some ivory into the colorful part.<\/span><\/p><p>One colorwork trick is repeat like crazy to get harmony.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Susan suggested that I add more and more colors to the button band and then a thin line around the body.\u00a0 I was encircling the body and neck edges, so I also edged the cuffs. Sure enough that color repetition tied the yoke, cuffs and button band together.\u00a0 When I was short of a color, I&#8217;d use only a single crochet, sometimes only a slipped stitch.\u00a0 When I had a space that needed to be filled in, like the back of the neck, I&#8217;d use a taller stitch.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3c35ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f3c35ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20221230_145954463-1200-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-7795\" alt=\"plastic molded to look like Craved ivory button shown on striped crocheted button band\" 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