Monday, January 7, 2008

FO: Tree Jacket

(Excuse the funny look on my face - it was quite cold today!)

Pattern: Tree Jacket, from Zephyr Style
Yarn: Elsebeth Lavold, Classic AL in Aged Wine, 8 skeins
Needles: US 8 circulars
Cast On: 12/23/07
Finished: 1/6/08

Notes: I made my goal of finishing this sweater over winter break- and with one week to spare! I raced along on this, at a speed at which I suppose normal people knit when they don't have school all day then piles of homework to do.

I used the lace as written for the neck, then blocked it straight. I used the modified lace pattern, found on Ravelry, of [k2tog, yo, k1, yo, skk] for the body. I also decreased 10 stitches the first ten rows of the sleeves (dec 1 each side of every other row), then followed the sleeve directions as written.

Perhaps because I was knitting so fast, I made a number of silly knitting errors. I kept knitting into the stitch from the row below, and didn't catch all of those mistakes soon enough to drop the stitch and fix it, so there are a few wonky places. Luckily, I think I will likely be the only one who examines this sweater close enough to find the mistakes.

The collar is less cowl-y and more turtle-y than the pictures in the pattern suggest, but it's still loose enough to work. I really like this sweater, and the yarn is a dream. How could you go wrong with baby alpaca and merino?!

I also finished the Foliage hat while the Tree Jacket was blocking. I didn't get pictures of that today, so I'll do a post on that some other day. It's far too big for me, so I hope it fits my mom! I only used about half the skein, so maybe if I modify the pattern to be smaller, I can squeeze another hat out of the same skein for me!

7 comments:

Bertha said...

Holy crap, dude that came out SO great!! It looks perfect on you, wow! I love the color too!

Amy said...

That is so perfect on you! Beautiful work!

Unknown said...

You are unbelievable, young lady!

It is a great color and you look great.

I think I wear a larger ski helmet so that hat will probably be just fine.
... mom

Damaris @Kitchen Corners said...

sheesh I had no idea you were pro! If law school doesn't pan out you have a major back up. I was serious about those orders.

Sarah said...

you look like a model! and the sweater is awesome!

Claudia said...

Oooooooooooohhhhhhh, preeeeetty.

VeganCraftastic said...

Very cute sweater, it looks great on you!