January 21, 2017

Cast on a week ago. The pattern is very easy once you get the repeats.

January 28, 2017

Only a few rows left on the body. I like the way the fabric these two yarns are making. The only thing I’m not crazy about is that the difference in the the light green/yellow colors is really subtle and unless you know they’re different colors they look the same. If I make this again I’ll look for a veregated yarn with more contrasting colors. It’s also taking less yarn than I thought it would. I haven’t used a full skein of either yet. It will probably only take 2 balls of each to complete the sweater.

March 19, 2017

After a couple disasters I’m finally back on track with this project. First, my needle broke and some stitches laddered down that I didn’t catch right away so I couldn’t figure out why my pattern wasn’t lining up so I ended up taking the yoke down to where the sleeves join. Then one of my stitch holders came open on one of the sleeves and laddered down. So again I had to rip back the yoke and part of the sleeve. I love the way this sweater is turning out but I am so ready to move on to the next project.

March 23, 2017

Finished! It turned out so pretty. The only deviation from the pattern I did was to knit one round in black at the start of the collar and did a K2tog every 6 stitches to bring it down to 101 stitches then at the start of the next row I K2tog to make it 100 stitches for the collar. I did 16 rows K1P1 ribbing and tacked it down in half on the inside. It fits perfectly. I’ll have to wait till it’s 40 below again to wear it tho. :)

THANK YOU to my best friend Janet. Her generous birthday present (gift card) helped purchase the yarn for this project.