December 14, 2004
Zora!
I finished knitting the Zora cardigan from the Best of Lopi book back around Thanksgiving, but as always it took me a while to sew up seams (minimal on this sweater), knit the button bands, weave in ends, and sew on the buttons. I have been wearing it for about a week now. Never had a Lopi sweater before and wasn't sure how much I would like it - but it is pretty comfy to wear now that we are in the dead of winter! This is the original colorway from an older (unspecified year) Lopi pattern book.
Here is a picture with one of my cats, Pushkin. He kind of goes with it, doesn't he? Can you tell how much he was enjoying the photo op?
It came out a bit snug, but did block out on the wooly board after washing, and I have decided it is an OK fit. This was the size Medium, if I was to do it over (unlikely, ha ha) I think I would make the Large. The body of the sweater is a slip stitch pattern (linen stitch) which I think makes it more interesting than plain stockinette. And the yoke is also done with slip stitches, so no 2- or 3-color stranding was required. It was fun!
Katie
Posted by at December 14, 2004 08:08 PMWow! What a lovely sweater. I like the slip stitching--makes it stand out from the crowd.
Posted by: Janine on December 14, 2004 08:59 PMzora looks great! maybe you will inspire me to steam mine and sew on those pesky buttons... i better get a move on as ddil is coming next week, and it's a christmas prezzy for her :-)
Posted by: vanessa on December 14, 2004 09:20 PMGreat colors and what more could you want than a sweater that matches your cat??
Posted by: CarolineF on December 15, 2004 04:53 AMBeautiful, Katie! I love the coordinating cat, and he obviously loves you!
Posted by: Sheila on December 15, 2004 07:32 AMI really like Zora in those colours. Wonderful!
Posted by: Angela on December 15, 2004 10:01 AMKatie, it's beautiful - I love the linen stitch texture. Nice work!
Posted by: Donna on December 15, 2004 12:18 PMYou wear it well! Beautiful knitting & pics :)
Posted by: Bets on December 15, 2004 01:28 PMBeautiful sweater! You might have even encouraged me to get one on the needles this winter! :)
Posted by: Vicki on December 15, 2004 02:33 PMOh, that's beautiful! I have a cat who would also coordinate with it, and he often has that same expression when photo ops arise...
It looks like it fits great!
Posted by: Amie on December 16, 2004 10:16 AMKatie, it looks great! The fit looks fine to me. And the cat does match very well.
Posted by: kim on December 20, 2004 11:57 PM