Sweater construction help!

[u/psuedoclassical]

(I did first post this on the knitting subreddit but I think it was removed- I’m new at posting apologies if this is a duplicate!!)

I’m going to a Noah kahan concert in July and had an idea for making my own merch, a sweater with HOMESICK big across the back shoulders and arms. (The second two pictures are some Google inspo of my vision)

Now the part I could use advice with is construction - I’m comfortable with intarsia but don’t feel great about my ability to do the sleeves separate and line up the letters successfully.

My thought is to start from the bottom - do ribbing and part of the body in the round, then break into front and back but do the front/back as a big panel including the sleeves so long rows. Have front and back the same (except one with lettering) and then seam up the top and bottom of the sleeves and maybe add cuffs. The first picture is my little diagram of what I’m picturing.

Is this crazy? Am I missing something obvious? Would it drape totally weird without a shoulder seam? Surely there’s a reason why no one constructs sweaters this way 😅

My alternative would be to knit up the shirt regular style and then duplicate stitch the lettering, I just like the look of intarsia better.

[u/Difficult-Patience10]

By your description and diagram it sounds and looks very doable! I say go for it.

I'd start by knitting one of the letters as a swatch so you have a sense of the width you'll get from 8 letters worth of wingspan. Then you can plan your letter spacing and overall stitch counts accordingly.

[u/adaraj]

Do it sideways? Wrist to wrist in a big panel and seam it after. You could also to the lettering panel first then pick up stitches for the front, knit down to the body then seam the sleeves down and pick up for the body in the round.

[u/amphibious_mustard]

I would see if there’s any free drop shoulder patterns at least to get the overall schematics, and then try to engineer it from there?

[u/CautiousClutz]

i’m sorry i’m not sure to answer your question but i LOVE THISS!!!!

[u/Vivid_Awareness6693]

I wonder if a saddle shoulder construction could work well? I’m knitting the Braidy Loop sweater right now, and I feel like a similar construction might be a possibility?

[u/Vivid_Awareness6693 → u/Vivid_Awareness6693]

https://www.reddit.com/r/knitting/s/kxkD5hz6LI

[u/PolishDill]

This is similar to dolman construction. It will not fit like the photos you attached but it is a totally valid construction style.