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Finally, my Poetry In Stitches

Finally, my Poetry In Stitches p124 sweater is done! This got started on September 10th and got laid aside a few times when another project called for a finishing frenzy. But it's done just in time to wear on one of our coldest days here yet.

Here it is on the wooly board. Can you see the big fat mistake in the right sleeve (that is, the sleeve on the left of the photo)??

This sweater has lots of interesting details. Here is the bottom border:

Here is the same border pattern repeated on the cuff:

In case you haven't seen enough picot edges, here is the neckband:

And, here is the triceratops sleeve/shoulder finishing - Hisdal must have gotten up with picot on the brain the day she designed this!

In case you're wondering, yes, it's rather large on. But not as much so as I thought it was going to be, it's a nice tunic length and the fabric actually has quite a lovely drape.

The thing about it that I should have prevented is that the sleeves are so long - down over my knuckles. This seems to be a fashionable look in Norway or something - Wendy had to shorten the sleeves of her Dale cardigan she did a year or two ago - can't remember the name of it offhand but it was cream and blue and brown. And I can't turn back the cuffs since that would ruin the effect of the flower border and picot edge. So I'll just spend the day pushing up my sleeves. But, NOTE: 19 inches is too long for a sleeve on a drop-shoulder sweater!

I bought my kit at Sommerfuglen in Denmark - for myself for Christmas 2002. Back then the dollar was stronger and I was paying in Danish marks, but I'm sure they still offer good prices and service on these kits. The yarn amounts were extremely generous in the contrast colors - there was enough of the 6 contrast colors to do 3 of this sweater, and one hank of the dark blue left over as well. I've arranged a lovely swap with Louise for the leftovers.

I am very glad this is finished! I think after a suitable pause to savor only having one real WIP (Legends of the Shetland Seas), I will start my Rosarie vest. I am not sure I can knit on LoTSS at night so I may knit madly on socks from my handspun merino from late December, which have a deadline in 3 weeks - I'm on the heel flap of sock #1 and it's knitting up really nicely. Oh, that and frog Ljod.....

Prudence

Posted by at January 23, 2004 06:31 AM