Thursday, March 5, 2009

FO: Green Gable Sweater


My first knitted sweater is now done! I feel so proud to be able to wear something that I've made. It was actually much easier than I thought it would be.

The pattern is for a short sleeved sweater but I lengthed them abit. Once the pattern ended I knit 3 rounds, then knit two together at the begininging of every three rounds. The sleeves are quite tight and I'd reccommend doing them looser. I fully used the 3 skeins of Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece that I bought. I had only 68 inches of yarn left! If I knit this again I would do more waist shaping. In fact I will be knitting another Zypher pattern. My secret swap 13 pal swapped patterns with me. So I will be knitting Wicked next.

In addition she gave me a gift certificate for Knit Picks! I bought 10 skeins of Wool of the Andes in Spruce. This is 2 extra skeins than needed for the sweater so I shouldn't have to worry about running out this time! It's my first time ordering from Knit Picks and my order has already been shipped. I'm excited to get the package. :) If I have extra yarn I can knit a matching hat or scarf.

4 comments:

Monica (aka monnibo) said...

OMG it looks AMAZING!!!! You must wear it the next time we go knitting!!!

maggie moran said...

It looks ready for the red carpet! Congrats on the superb job! :D

Scrabblequeen said...

Love it! You did a great job. I have yet to make a sweater for me...bawk, bawk.

Angie said...

Your sweater turned out great! :)