sara skates

Still.

I finished this sweater this weekend. I had been 99.9% done for *months*. I needed to take out about 5 inches of the collar hem and shorten it by 3 rows and sew it back on again, weave in all the ends, and block it. That’s it.

here it is, crappy picture for the moment but I’m rushed, Marta from Cocoknits:

Reposing on the blocking board

In a weird moment of insanity last November, I briefly thought I would try to knit a sweater a month throughout 2009.   Truth be told, I had succeeded at knitting a pair of socks every two weeks that summer so there was a chance I could do it.  I decided to do a practice run in December – giving myself a couple of weeks of a head start.  While I failed miserably at the sweater-a-year plan, all in all this was a pretty quick knit.  It was 90% completed in December.

I made two pattern modifications.  I used an i-cord loop for the button fastener rather than a buttonhole.  And I made it longer below the waist shaping.

While some of the color variation in the above is due to weird lighting in my bedroom, some is also due to different dyelots of the yarn.  I don’t mind it, although it’s noticable – the top of the sweater is lighter, and one sleeve is darker and pinker.

Norma inspired this sweater – although she finished hers months and months ago and has ripped it out already. I can’t believe she ripped it – it looked perfectly lovely on her.

More pictures to come – I love love love the button!