Long time coming
Any guesses as to what this is?
How about another angle?
Why, it's Mavis! Remember her? Started in September of 2007. Finished in March of 2010. Not bad, especially considering all of the napping I could have been doing instead of all of the knitting. Right now she's drying away on a towel in the bedroom, scrunched in some places, stretched in others, working hard to attain the most flattering shape possible for she of the saggy jiggly billowy tummy:
I have a tendency to knit large despite matching the gauge when I swatch, so after conferring with one of the local knitting gurus, I decided to go ahead and knit the small size in the hopes that it would come out the medium size I was going for. It seems to have worked. When I tried it on pre-blocked, it fit very nicely, aside from being a little short, which is easy enough to fix after washing it. From now on I'll probably go ahead and knit the next size down on all the sweaters I make. I'm looking forward to trying it on once it dries!
Comments
That looks like a complicated pattern (not that I have any experience with knitting - the closest experience I have would be crocheting, and I haven't done that in Many Many Years). I am sure you'll look great in it! You'll have to post a pic of you modeling the sweater. :-)
Posted by: Ruth | March 7, 2010 09:09 PM
It looks fantastic, Jen! You definitely need to model her once she's ready - she looks like something I would pull off the rack saying "Look how awesome this sweater is!" and promptly drop a chunk of change on. Congrats on finishing her!
Posted by: Karen | March 8, 2010 08:10 AM
IT IS SOOOOOO GORGEOUS!!!!!!!
Did you try it on yet??????
Posted by: Mel | March 10, 2010 06:05 PM