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March 30, 2010

Finished!

And proud of it, I must say.

It fits.


It feels good.

I wore it to meet my old college friend for lunch on Sunday, and a woman who was leaving the restaurant as we were walking in said, ‘What a lovely sweater.’


I wanted to say ‘Heck yeah! I just sewed the buttons on this morning!’

But I didn’t. Instead, I said, ‘Thank you.’


And I really meant it.

February Lady Sweater (Flint Knits)
Elsabeth Lavold Silky Wool (45% wool, 35% silk, 20% Nylon)

(Shout out to drjayjr on Ravelry for trading me one last skein. I needed about 1/3 of another more than I had.)

(Again.)
Posted by Iron Needles at 3:32 AM
Labels: goals, knitting

19 comments:

Lynne said...

It's lovely Becky! You should be darned proud!! I *might* be able to do the knitting up part, but the finishing up part ... well ... probably not. I still have a really pretty tee I knitted years ago that I never did the finish work on. I am lousy at seaming!

Very classy!

March 30, 2010 at 6:59 AM
Martha said...

Oh Becky -- that is a beautiful sweater and the fit is just perfect (as well as the color, style, etc. etc.) You certainly can knit up one fine looking garment.

March 30, 2010 at 8:36 AM
Thea said...

Nice! I'm in agreement with the lady, it's a lovely sweater.

March 30, 2010 at 9:45 AM
Erin Wallace said...

This sweater really is gorgeous - I am in awe!

March 30, 2010 at 9:52 AM
Anonymous said...

Oh so pretty! Love it!
-Your Favorite Daughter

March 30, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Mary said...

The sweater looks great on you!

March 30, 2010 at 12:41 PM
Anonymous said...

This cardigan is lovely - and fits you perfectly. I hope it was fun to knit... and isn't it just great when you get comments from people about things you have made!

March 30, 2010 at 1:22 PM
Snowcatcher said...

Oh, you should be proud! It's beautiful! Looks so perfect, it doesn't seem to have needed blocking. :) But I know that only makes it better!

March 30, 2010 at 1:22 PM
Iron Needles said...

Lynne - NO seams. None. Zero. Only finishing was sewing on the buttons.

Snowcatcher - I did have to block it, but I have a handy dandy steamer that I still thank my lucky stars for. And a dry climate that makes short shift of that task!

Thanks, everyone else, for all your kind words!

March 30, 2010 at 2:34 PM
Gaynell said...

It is lovely. You do fine work..and the color is just right!

March 30, 2010 at 4:27 PM
lizzzknits said...

It looks even better in person, with a very nice drape! Great seeing you on Sunday at spinning.

March 30, 2010 at 5:26 PM
Lynne said...

What do you mean "no seams?" Knit as one piece???

Wha??????

whatever; it's gorgeous!

March 30, 2010 at 6:51 PM
jan said...

You have mad February Lady skilz! I just wish I had supplied the buttons so I could claim partial credit!

March 30, 2010 at 7:53 PM
sara said...

Gorgeous!

March 31, 2010 at 4:52 AM
Anonymous said...

Le chandail est beau. Vous êtes très talentueux au tricot! Je ne peux pas attendre pour voir votre prochain projet. BOOYAH!

March 31, 2010 at 10:16 AM
Roy said...

Well done O crafty-one.

March 31, 2010 at 5:30 PM
Lynne said...

wow, impressive that you have a french speaking reader!

I looked at the "recipe" and found some things kind of ambiguous to a somewhat novice knitter. Something about "spacing your yarn overs equally amongst some 1oo+ stitches. Right about then my eyes crossed over...

Sigh

I guess I'll just have to worship yours from afar.

March 31, 2010 at 7:50 PM
Stacy Kraus McDonald said...

Looks amazing friend!! GREAT job!

April 1, 2010 at 6:48 PM
Susan said...

Great job, love it in the silky wool.

April 4, 2010 at 8:31 PM

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