Things have been a bit quiet on the blog because I have been knitting like a maniac to get my Autumn in Anatolia jumper finished. I made it! and handed it in to Fiona to mark on Sunday. I shall now be catching up on everything I haven’t done over the last week or so, when it has been definitely knitting every minute that I could find to finish on time. I managed a row in the hairdresser, and a row at my Uncle and Auntie’s house when we went to see them last week. I am definitely getting better at time management though, because this time I had packed my bag and finished everything at 8pm the night before, rather than still printing charts at 5am like I was with my Keble Cardigan.
Anyway, back to the important stuff: here is the jumper:
And the back:
And another one of the front:
And lying flat:
As you can see the sleeves are looking a bit long because I had a moment of stupidity with the blocking. I laid it out on a towel and kept adjusting the shoulders to make sure they were even, not realising that I was stretching everything vertically. By the time I realised what I had done it had dried and there wasn’t enough time to wet and reblock. I will be doing that when it is back from marking.
Apart from that little hiccup I am very pleased and proud of it. I love the way the colours and patterns have come out and I think it is going to be very wearable. Although in typical fashion we are now having a week of warmish weather 🙂
Absolutely beautiful
Thank you! I really enjoyed making it, but am glad I have finally finished and can now be wearing it!
That looks lovely – no wonder you look so pleased.
Thank you. I am definitely pleased, and a bit relieved that I have actually finished!
The sweater is beautiful and your patience should be admired!
Thank you! I think the patience has been worth it 🙂
Oh wow Heather, that’s GORGEOUS! It looks fantastic – congratulations!
Thank you! It was fun to make, though rather time consuming, and I am looking forward to having it back from marking so I can be wearing it.
It looks fantastic. I am very impressed with how the sleeves look at what would ordinarily be the joint in as I know you knitted it in the round but they look set in. Now are you going to write up the pattern for your blue diamonds one???
The sleeves were done with a mixture of decreases and short rows, so they are set-in, but were knitted in the round along with the body. I am quite proud of that bit 🙂
I am going to write up the pattern for the blue diamonds. I am currently mulling over how to best write it in multiple sizes. This is a job for when I have caught up a bit with the City and Guilds, but it is definitely on the list and will get done soon!
Its just lovely – well done you! So worth all the hard the work :o)
Thank you 🙂 I got it back from marking on Sunday and all ok so I can breathe a sigh of relief and start working on the next project!