November Sweater: An Epilogue

SO! When we last left our heroic effort at NaKniSweMo, I had seriously botched the collar.

Sad collar scrunches cardigan sadly

It took a few more tries, but I finally got the right number of stitches to accomodate the size.

Proud collar stands proudly!

Although I can't remember the actual number of stitches I ended up adding, it was WAY more than the pattern called for. I think I was generous with the length when knitting the body, which would account for some of the extra real estate - but even if I did the pattern again exactly as written, I think I would end up adding extra stitches to the collar anyway.

And I still got to do my cool cast off! Which went really well with the buttons.

All in all I am SUPER happy with this, and luckily so was the recipient! (At least so she says.) ;) Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of this being worn - but I tried it on before sending it off and it was pretty cozy. Hopefully I'll get some soon though! *winkwink*

NaKniSweMo - Day 30: Complete yet Incomplete

Day 30 and miraculously... I finished it!!

Yay! Er...wait a second...

Ok, so it's technically done.

I did finish it...

NaKniSweMo - Day 25

Day 25 - Body is almost done! After this I move on to sleeves and then the collar. I bought 9" circular needles for this last week to try and expedite my knitting - no fussing with dpns.

Terrible dark photograph. No excuse, really.

Can't wait to see the lace open up. This is definitely going to grow quite a bit.

NaKniSweMo - Day 20

I am shredding!
As of right now I have 16 of 17 inches written for the body portion:

Based on a great tip from Julie, I know that this is going to stretch a lot. I kind of want to make it a longer sweater than the pattern dictates (I love hip-skimming tops) but I know this will grow, so I'm not going to go overboard.

Not terrible progress, but there still is quite a bit more to go.

10 days left.

NaKniSweMo: Day 16

Here is where it's at:

Progress: finished the ribbing and started the pattern (almost 3 rounds of it)! It took me a while to get the hang of it at first (it was actually pretty excruciating) but now that I've got it figured out it's a nice quick knit.

On the upside, I finally got through the first skein! On the downside, holy cow I've only gotten through one skein. What, 9, 10 more to go? Yikes. I will have to do some serious guerilla style knitting it I want to come close to finishing.

14 days left.

NaKniSweMo - Day 9

So it's day 9 of mustache growing and sweater knitting.

My husband is making some fairly decent progress:

Putting the "joy" in looking skeevy.

As for myself...

(Pardon the chaos in this photo)

Looks impressive enough, right?

SIKE! That's what I did in March. I haven't done a stitch so far this month.

Depressing.

Well, there are still 21 days left in the month... And hey, my mother-in-law is supposed to visit next week so looks like I'll have plenty of opportunity to distract myself with awkward, angry knitting. I'm not giving up hope yet!

NaKniSweMo - Day 1

Yikes - almost forgot!! November first means it is the start of NaKniSweMo - National Knit a Sweater Month!

Unfortunately, I completely missed the boat on this one. I did not plan ahead at all! No design picked or yarn purchased. Slightly more pressing things in mind, I suppose.

HOWEVER! I do have that cardigan I started earlier this year, and never finished...and I know it seems a bit like cheating, but I think I'm going to have to take it as a handicap. "Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor."

Besides, it is kind of appropriate for me to finish this sweater now. I started it in March but had to stop due to terrible morning sickness. Haven't been able to look at it since. (I also haven't been able to knit in a moving car anymore.) Perhaps it was destined to be finished now?

The pattern: Pomme de pin Cardigan by Amy Christoffers

Yarn: Valley Yarns Huntington in yellow

So while my husband is busy growing a mustache for men's health (www.movember.com) I'll be working on this. Yay.