Done!
I've had a jumper on the go for months. At last I said, No more socks or other projects until you finish this one' and it concentrated the mind wonderfully. I started with this lovely yarn
Jaeger Baby Merino 4 Ply, which was a present. I really prefer knitting with wool and I also like using small needles (13 & 11) because of the nice smooth texture you get.
I knew I wanted to make something deliberately old fashioned looking and I picked this pattern called Lily of the Valley. It's not, as you might think, something from the 1950s but a 1970s pattern by Patricia Roberts. Here's the back.
Those bobbles are pretty time-consuming but not as tedious as making the neck band for the front
or setting in the sleeves. Now it's finished I'm quite pleased with it. I should cross post this to Ravelry now that I'm on at last but I'll have to find time first. There's a close up of the pattern detail here.
Jaeger Baby Merino 4 Ply, which was a present. I really prefer knitting with wool and I also like using small needles (13 & 11) because of the nice smooth texture you get.
I knew I wanted to make something deliberately old fashioned looking and I picked this pattern called Lily of the Valley. It's not, as you might think, something from the 1950s but a 1970s pattern by Patricia Roberts. Here's the back.
Those bobbles are pretty time-consuming but not as tedious as making the neck band for the front
or setting in the sleeves. Now it's finished I'm quite pleased with it. I should cross post this to Ravelry now that I'm on at last but I'll have to find time first. There's a close up of the pattern detail here.
(It can be for Christmas if you'd prefer. I won't explode with impatience in the meantime...probably.)
And hurrah for you being on Ravelry now! Makes it much easier to link things for you :)
Yes, hurrah for Ravelry once I get going on it! I'm rather short of time at the moment.
It's had lots of compliments! Some of the 'oh, I thought you'd bought it' variety, which I'm never quite sure are compliments, but it seems best to treat them that way....
Ravelry is a huge time waster, but it's worth it for the inspiration it provides - I love being able to look up projects I'm thinking of doing or yarns I want to use, and seeming people's opinions of them, and their finished objects. The forums are useful too.
I am on there incognito - I don't want to get loads of people emailing me demanding to know why their subscription hasn't turned up, why we don't print patterns they like and so on. So I never let on to my job on Ravelry!
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'those 1940s made-for-tall-women wide slacks!'
Ha ha, no use to me, alas!