My Aran Wrap Cardigan is finally completely finished. I thought I had finished it several days ago, but decided the sleeves were a tiny bit too short. I hate feeling as if I need to tug my sleeves down all the time, so I sighed heavily and then added a couple of inches. It was the right thing to do.
It’s very hot and muggy in our nation’s capital today; it’s definitely not the right weather for throwing on my Aran Wrap Cardigan and wandering around town. I did try to take some photographs of myself wearing it, despite the heat, but none of them turned out. Trust me. (Not the fault of the sweater; it’s just hard to get decent photographs of yourself even with a tripod — especially after the “bubble ass incident.”) If I ever get a competent assistant in the house, I’ll post some that show how it fits. In the meantime, here are the requisite sweater-on-a-flat-surface shots (the color is very true in these):
And a closer look at how the large cable flows across the back and sleeves:
I’ve now turned back to one of my other one-armed wonder sweaters: Ode to Joy. I hope to have that finished within a few days.
Very lovely. I’m starting over (again) and taking out the seed stitch. Apparently, I am easily confused, so I’m going with reverse stockinette on both sides of the zig zag :-).
Comment by Jocelyn Grayson — September 15, 2008 @ 11:23 am
What a beauty!
Comment by Gale — September 15, 2008 @ 11:52 am
From Susan — I am tres jealous! Mine has half a sleeve and no peplum!
Comment by lv2knit — September 15, 2008 @ 12:33 pm
Absolutely beautiful! Looking forward to seeing it on, of course…
Comment by Deirdre — September 15, 2008 @ 2:08 pm
congratulations! Can’t wait to see you actually wearing it.
Comment by Astrid — September 15, 2008 @ 2:57 pm
Congratulations! It looks beautiful, can’t wait to see it on.
Comment by Ronni — September 15, 2008 @ 8:17 pm
I love it! I’m on the second arm hole on mine – I want to see yours on!!! Model it!
Comment by Nicole — September 15, 2008 @ 8:25 pm
It is lovely, and I’m so glad the color of the yarn came through. It is really wonderful and full of texture itself, without competing with the cable textures.
Comment by twinsetellen — September 15, 2008 @ 9:46 pm
Simply beautiful. Colors look great. Congrats on finishing:D
Comment by cici — September 15, 2008 @ 9:54 pm
Congratulations indeed! amazing and beautiful work.
Comment by Jennygirl — September 16, 2008 @ 4:06 pm
Purty!
Comment by Carrie K — September 16, 2008 @ 5:02 pm
WOW! Beautiful! I love the color and the cables.
Comment by Kate/Massachusetts — September 16, 2008 @ 5:23 pm
Gorgeous! Very nice work:)
Ang
Comment by angelarae — September 16, 2008 @ 10:32 pm
So beautiful, love the color, you did a great job!
Comment by Lynn Majidimehr — September 17, 2008 @ 12:32 am
Sally- Quite lovely, and I adore the color.
(bubble butt!)
Comment by Lorraine — September 17, 2008 @ 9:26 am
Gorgeous! I noticed that you were holding the stitches for the sleeve openings rather than casting off and on… How did you keep the one side of each sleeve from being half a stitch off? grafting? It looks amazing.
Comment by Madeleine — September 17, 2008 @ 6:30 pm
It looks great. I can’t wait to see you model it also.
Comment by Michele with one L — September 17, 2008 @ 9:38 pm