Rosedale II is comfy.

[pixiecrinkle]

I normally lj-cut photos, but I'm just too excited about this.


THE SWEATER IS DONE!!!!



I look like hell, and you can really tell how much I need to clean my bedroom, but the sweater is done!!!! And I even remembered to put on the jewelry I made to go with it before I snapped my pic.

I'm not entirely thrilled with the neckline---it's choking me a bit right now. I don't think I picked up quite enough stitches in the front at first, and then I bound it off so tightly that it wouldn't fit over my head and I had to redo it. But it's done, and it's wearable and most of all, it fits, unlike my prior attempts at garments.

Hooray!!!! On with the new projects.

And oh yeah, all the other crap I'm supposed to be doing this weekend that I've as of yet ignored. oops.

Comments

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

hurray!

that looks really nice. i looked at that pattern and was totally intimidated by it.

[calledmara.livejournal.com]

it looks super cute!

[feylin17.livejournal.com]

I love the colors! is it some flavor of Noro?

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

Thanks! There are parts where the pattern seemed confusing to me, but once I had knitted up to that point, it made every bit of sense. I had another raglan sweater pattern nearby for when I got stuck. This was my first attempt at something with sleeves, and it was much easier than I expected.

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

thank you!

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

Yep--it's Kureyon in 124. I'm addicted to Kureyon.

(And I totally started my shawl last night at about 1 am--got 48 rows of 4 stitches wide in garter stitch done, then got to the complicated part, so I left it for later.)

[geekchick]

Oh, that's lovely! Congratulations on finishing it. =)

[cassidyrose.livejournal.com]

What a beautiful sweater! I love the colors and pattern.

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[queensheba.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous!

great colors!

[ohyarn.livejournal.com]

It looks really nice. I have no neckline advice... I think it looks fine, but the key is to make it comfortable for you.

Congratulations on the FO!

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Re: great colors!

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I actually re-read part of the pattern this morning and figured out the neckline. I picked up 11 stitches total along the front, instead of 11 stitches on each side of the front. It totally makes sense given how it feels. I think it may relax a bit on its own, but if it bugs me too much.

I was never this much of a perfectionist before!!

[krasota.livejournal.com]

Woohoo!

Who cares about having a clean room? You finished the sweater!!!

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

Precisely--except that it's my whole house and it's been like that for months! :-)

[yerpretty.livejournal.com]

wow! that looks great! i knew you had it in you all along! ;)

[wonderfroggy.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!! So pretty! How did you get the stripes to match up from the sleeves to the sweater?

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

Completely random. I tried to match the sleeves to each other by starting at the same color on each cuff, and then the top of it is the same because you're going around the whole sweater (that is a lot of stitches!). But those parts where the elbows match up with the body--completely random.

I'm wearing it today for the first time. Fun.

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

thanks!

[stitchinthyme.livejournal.com]

I know this is a couple days old, but I'm behind as usual. Anyway, that is *so* gorgeous! I love the colors!

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

Thank you!