01/02/2006
Finally!
After finishing my summer classes in July, I had all of August off and a new project all picked out. The knitting was finished by the end of the month but it's taken me till now to buy the one button I needed to call it a finished object. I think my loss of focus so late in the game, after being able to work solely on this project for a month straight without starting anything else and without losing interest, was because the sweater fit exactly as I expected. That is, it looked good when it looked good on the model in IK (unbuttoned and/or from the back and/or while hunched over) and bad when it looked bad on the model in IK (from the front, buttoned). I have the same problems with how it looks on me as I had when I look at the pictures in IK. The armholes are so low, and it hangs funny when buttoned. But. It's fine! I'm done, and ready to show it off:
One-Button Cardigan, from Interweave Knits, Summer 2005
Knit with 6 or 7 balls of Jaeger Shetland Aran, acquired from Jannette, size 7 needles
I loved the Shetland Aran. It was soft enough to work with, and my stitches looked so nice before and after blocking. (In fact, I liked it so much that my next major yarn purchase was more Shetland Aran in green to make Freida from Debbie Bliss's Alpaca Silk book! But more on that some other time.)
The pattern was extremely fun as well. The two sides of the front were funny shapes to keep me interested, the sleeves went fast because they're just not that long (since the collar takes up part of the shoulder, and the cuff isn't knit until the rest of the sleeve is complete). The sleeve cuff/border pattern was fun, some lacey rib stitch, and even though it seemed to take forever it was addictive. The top part of the collar, around the neck, is worked with short rows, which gave me a good excuse to keep knitting on and on, since stopping would mean putting my work down in the middle of a row. I also loved the crochet loop bind off. All in all, this project was very different from any other I've worked on, and I'm super proud of it!
Here are some action shots, taken in my bathroom mirror in such a way that nothing I dislike about the fit is noticeable.
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