I am so proud of myself. I finished a knitting project. It was an interesting project because it was not a "traditional pattern" nor was it a charted pattern. A friend of mine subscribes to a "Hobby Farm Home" magazine, January/February 2009 issue and it had an article entitled "The Purposeful Knitter".
It was six pages of the author talking about growing up and learning to knit and intertwined was the instructions on how to intuitively knit a top down sweater. I was intrigued and decided to give it a try.
I had some rather nubby yarn in the stash that I thought would work up nicely. I usually stay away from real "wool" because it makes me itch. This yarn didn't bother me until I slipped the turtleneck and top section over my head. That's when I realized we may have a problem.
Although I am pleased with how it turned out, if I were to make another one there are several things I would do different. It would be for me and I would choose the softest yarn in a pale color that I could find that was consistent in structure. The yarn I used was probably hand spun and went from very thin to very fluffy.
Since I am tall, I would make the body longer and may make the sleeves less tapered. The thought process on the color scheme was a Neopolitan Ice cream theme. Next time I would make sure I had 1200 plus yards of maybe a cashmere or even a faux seude.
All in all it was a good experiment and I really enjoyed it. I am very thankful my dear sweet sister always agrees to be my model. She said the sweater is very warm. Thanks hon. If you look real close at the picture, in the background you will see the beginning of a tileboard project. I can multitask. lol
The friend that gave me the pattern will be the recipient of the sweater. AND, if she doesn't like it for whatever reason, no prob. I will rip it out and use the yarn over in a felting project and say "dang that was fun and I actually learned something new".
See DK, told you I would finish something. Not as pretty and flashy as your shawls but that's coming ;)
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1 comment:
Thank you so much for sharing your finished project with me. It's very fun to knit sweaters this way and you did a WONDERFUL job, since you said this was your first sweater. It looks great and you have a nice even knit stitch!
Best, MaryAnna
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