March 24, 2008

• My first sweater

  Fin!
  

  I <3 it.

  

  I’m so proud of it.  Proud of the Wool of the Andes for cooperating me.  Proud of myself for completing a sweater!  A wearable garment with actual seaming and shaping!

  

  It’s warm.  It’s soft.  It’s comfortable.  And it fits!  Even in the sleeves, which I made a staggering *19.5* inches long, to accomodate my ape arms:
  

  It’s the first time I’ve ever owned a sweater with turned cuffs!  Which I could actually turn!  Also, I apologize for my weird expression in that above photo.  It’s very “WTF”, no?

  So here’s my boobs instead:

  

  I like that shot.  How do ya’ like my girls?  And by “my girls” I mean, of course, the buttons. (What did you think I was talking about?) The buttons are burned wood.  Would you believe I found these at Wal-Mart? Me neither!  But it’s true!

   

  I’m in love, and it’s with a sweater

  Specs:
  Pattern:  Sideways Spencer Redux, by Annie Modesitt
  Size:  36″, to fit my 33″ bust.  Except I knit it at a slightly smaller gauge than recommended, so the finished bust is actually about 34.5″.  Arms are, as mentioned above, 19.5″ each.
  Yarn:  Knit Picks Wool of the Andes worsted, 770 yds.  “Tidepool Heather”.
  Modifications:  Arm length, longer ribbing at the bottom, a slightly shorter collar, and US8 needles used throughout instead of the the US7s recommended for the ribbing.  I did use the 7′s for the cuff ribbing.  If I were to make this sweater again, I would prob. go ahead and use 7′s for the bottom ribbing, too, but still use the 8′s for the collar and plackets.  And maybe even for the cuffs.
  

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