FO: February Lady Sweater

I finally got a chance to have Greg take some nice photos of me in my FINISHED February Lady Sweater!!!! YES that's right folks, FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!!! It only took me (almost) an entire year... but I made it just in time. Done and done!

I was a bit worried that it would be too tight around the bust, but it blocked out beautifully! Actually I think I nearly blocked it out too large (have to remember when you wear a sweater it will "hang" (stretch) on your body), but it ended up fine.

An interesting thing is I ended up with a TON of leftover yarn! Like 7 skeins. Ridiculous, huh? That is like 700 extra yards I ordered. I really thought I carefully calculated the yardage using the pattern and ballband, but maybe it's a gauge thing. Oh well... I really can't complain about extra yarn! (Knitpicks Wool of the Andes Kettle Dyed)

Anyway I am pretty darn happy with it....I might sew up the buttonholes a little bit so they are "tighter". What's funny is I definitely felt a little "lost" without this thing on the needles! 

Since I completed the sweater I've been working on a few little things I will post about soon, but right now let's all revel in a FINISHED OBJECT!!!!!!!! (Maybe someday I will be able to knit sweaters for myself a LITTLE faster!)

2nd pair of gloves, and FLS progress

Here is another pair of fingerless gloves I made for that charity auction:

Pattern: Evangeline Mitts
Yarn: Patons Classic wool

Other than that I have been chugging along on my February Lady sweater!!!! I am on the 2nd sleeve and I hope I can get this done SOON! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!

It's alive!

Back from the dead, yes - it's my February Lady Sweater!!!!

I am SO horrible at knitting sweaters for myself in any sort of timely manner. I started this in March of 2010! It's almost been a year, and I am resolved to finish this SOON. I just cast off the body and it feels SO NICE! Like actual progress! Here's hoping the sleeves move quickly!

BUTTONS!

Soooooooooo today my mother in law came to visit and after getting a yummy lunch, we went shopping! At one of our stops the buttons were all 50% off..... and I found some for my FLS!


What do you think?


A little fancy, not too busy?


I think they are winners! Hooray for buttons!

FLS: Progress!

I haven't taken any pictures or mentioned my progress on my February Lady Sweater! I have been devotedly lugging it to work as my sole project in hopes that when I knit at lunch I'd be forced to work on it. (it works!) Getting through the first part was definitely a challenge, and involved some frustrated frogging, (and cursing) but I am happy to announce I have made it past the yoke and now am doing the lovely lace of the body!!!!!

Front:

Back:


I am happily surprised at how the yarn has turned out. When I first got the skeins, they looked almost perfectly SOLID. With a name like "Kettle-Dyed" I was hoping for some more varigation! However, now that I have a good swath of it knit into fabric, Cynthia and I both agree you can see the lovely striations in the color. Hooray for that!

Another thing I need to work on is finding buttons. I am leaning towards black, but I am keeping my mind open. I might have to head to the craft store and lose myself in the button aisle for awhile!

Anyway hope everyone is having a nice May... it's been a bit rainy for my tastes, but I guess that's spring for ya!

KAL, anyone?

Guess what! There is a group of us getting organized to knit a February Lady Sweater for ourselves in 2010! Don't you love that sweater? I am so excited. Feel free to follow our progress on the KAL blog:

FLS Knitalong

And if anyone else wants to KAL with us, you are more than welcome! :-)