Yep, monogamy works. But monogamy = monotony…in knitting, that is!! I forced myself to keep knitting on my ‘Window to My Soul‘ and it actually paid off. That lil sucker is finito!! Yay!!
It fits and I like it quite a bit. It is not very flattering but that can’t be helped. Blocking made this thing. It looked terrible before and blocking opened up the lace pattern. I chose buttons that are a little “out there” for my usual taste, but I decided early on that this sweater was just for fun.
The yarn is Neighborhood Fiber Co. Rustic Fingering, color Gwynn Oak. It doesn’t know if it is red, pink, or orange, but the overall look is W-O-W!
Sally has a couple of FOs coming up. She has made two really beautiful things. I have not yet seen pictures of the finished product, so I look forward to seeing them here!!
Gorgeous reward for the monotony! I must say, I get a lot of my projects from your blog. And this morning I was thinking–while I start working on spring and summer cotton, silk, linen fiber knitting for our hot/humid Washington DC, I want something in merino for the fall, going on in the background all summer, that I know I can finish by October. Looks like this fits the bill! 🙂 And I can just come and look here for inspiration, if I find myself dragging and behind in August!
Comment by Laura — March 4, 2015 @ 7:33 am
Beautiful work as always from my favourite knitting blog!
Comment by Ruth — March 4, 2015 @ 8:14 am
Certainly well worth the monotony! Very lovely, as always.
Comment by Mary Lou — March 4, 2015 @ 9:48 am
Oh my, this is gorgeous. I love the color and the perfection of the stitches. Very inspiring!
Comment by pkett — March 4, 2015 @ 11:53 am
Beautiful – but why is it not flattering?
Comment by Amy — March 4, 2015 @ 2:27 pm
Stunning as usual.
Comment by Chloe — March 4, 2015 @ 5:16 pm
Love the red! I’ve been thinking about knitting this, I have a Plucky Yarn and Malabrigo Arroyo that I might want to use for it, but afraid of how it would look on me.
Comment by Penny — March 4, 2015 @ 9:23 pm
Way to go- despite the slog – sooo worth it! It’s lovely! That color glows!
Comment by Kathy W. — March 4, 2015 @ 10:22 pm
Beautiful, love the color. Your knitting is always so perfect and beautiful. Love your blog.
Comment by Melody Pelton — March 5, 2015 @ 12:34 am
Oh My – I this this is just beautiful. I can’t figure out either why you say it’s not flattering. Can you explain? It’s such a great color, love the stitches – so worth all the work and effort. You always inspire me – thanks so much.
Comment by Barb — March 5, 2015 @ 10:30 am
sweater is beautiful! I bet it will be fun to wear too.
Comment by sue — March 5, 2015 @ 12:56 pm
Seriously gorgeous knit and I really admire how well you could photograph your red.
Comment by Shweta — March 13, 2015 @ 12:50 am
I think it looks great! Sometimes it pays off to wander away from the safe path colourwise – I discovered brown, yellow and turquoise on my own adventures.
Comment by Veronika — March 14, 2015 @ 1:50 pm