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| Sweater Front |
The back of the sweater is plain:
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| Sweater Back (should have pulled it down a bit!) |
I am not entirely happy with how the ribbing around the neckline turned out, but I don't know if I want to unpick it and redo it, at this point.
I had four skeins of yarn (and bought two balls of black yarn, to mix and match in case they weren't enough). Well, I had JUST enough of the yarn to make this sweater:
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| All the yarn that is left! |
On to the grey sweater!
It's lovely! And it's a gorgeous colour. You must have been on edge completing the last row, hoping the yarn would last out. X
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jules. I was! LOL. If necessary, I would have finished the cuff in black, unpicked the other cuff and done the same to match. I have 5 balls of the grey wool, so I don't have to worry as much.
DeleteBeautiful sweater! That is a lot of knitting! Andrea
ReplyDeleteThank you, Andrea. I love to knit. :)
DeleteYour plum sweater is lovely. Once you start a project you are very determined to get it done. You clearly have a strong work ethic. Will the black wool be made into the same pattern?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sandy. What I have found is, if I don't keep at it till it is done, I end up with an unfinished project that just sits there for years! I have at least two other knitted tops I have started, which aren't finished!
DeleteI'm knitting the grey sweater now (started on it, yesterday), and the pattern will be a little different. The back and sleeves will have an all-over pattern (called "Little Birds") and the front will have a panel of cables, I think (haven't decided, yet).
Wow, that's beautiful. I really like the front pattern. Two weeks is a very fast time as far as I'm concerned. Even if my knitting skills were up to the complicated pattern, that's about a year project for me.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Live and Learn. I have a couple of knitting projects that have been in the works for more than a year, myself. It all depends on how focused I am on the project at hand!
DeleteCongratulations on finishing the lovely sweater. The pattern looks great. I'm still working on the front of my pink sweater and I have just begun the armhole shaping. I did have one setback the other day when I discovered a dropped stitch an inch down and I had knitted past it and so it wasn't something I could pick up with a crochet hook. So it took a little longer to get to where I am now. I'm betting you will even have your grey sweater finished before I finish mine!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bushlady. Don't you hate having to unpick to reach a dropped stitch?
DeleteBeautiful...
ReplyDeleteThe plum color is so pretty, and wow..........you knitted that really quick..
Thank you, Judy. 2-3 weeks is usually what I take to knit a sweater. Longer if it is a cardigan or has complicated cables, etc.
DeleteI am with live and learn and amazed at your time line. It take me two weeks to knit a very plain scarf.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anne. It does mean a lot of sitting and knitting, but 2-3 weeks is about my average for a sweater.
DeleteJust lovely! You are definitely fast. If you're not quite happy with the neck, you might try knitting a cowl in a contrasting yarn to go with the sweater. That would disguise the neck a bit. Chris M
ReplyDeleteThank you, Chris. That is a very good suggestion.
DeleteBoth the colour and pattern of the sweater are beautiful Bless. I don't mind knitting sweater and cardigans but I'm not very good at sewing them up so tend not to bother. That was a close call with the wool - I think I heard your sigh of relief over the pond :) xx
ReplyDeleteThank you, Suzanne. Yes, I was keeping my fingers and toes crossed on the yarn! LOL. The sewing of the seams tends to be a bit tedious, doesn't it? Some people knit on circular needles to minimize the seams, but I haven't been able to knit on circular needles. I always knit with straight needles.
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