Actually, I finished it a couple weeks ago, but their isn't enough daylight in my week to get a decent shot of it. I think if you are going to spend hours and hours handknitting something you really need to do your work justice with a nice well-lit outdoors or studio photographs. This usually isn't a problem from May to September, but wintertime can be a challenge.
The pattern is called Leyfi by Romi Hill. It's from Interweave Knits Fall 2010.
I used 2 skeins of Cascade Eco Wool. The way the sweater is constructed makes it fun- you start with the crazy open lace turtleneck, work your way down to the shoulders, and then split for the lace sleeves. It flows together seamlessly.
I might have made a mistake in interpreting the pattern- I think the sleeves are meant to be more of an open lace pattern. I knit all the yarn overs through the back loop like the pattern said, and now that I look at other people's finished project, I see that they didn't. It doesn't effect the fit per say, but it just makes it less lacy.
The only thing I did to modify was a few short rows in the front for boob-shaping. Otherwise, this sweater would be the same front and back. Also, I added some garter stitch to the bottom hem to keep it from curling up. This is my first completed sweater for 2012. I can only hope that I can order up some cold, snowy weather in time for this to get more wear before spring.
It knit up fairly quickly- once the sleeves were done, it only took me a few days to complete the body. It was hard to haul it around to work on the acres of stockinette stitch that made up the body, so I watched a few movies to get through it at home. Specifically:
In a Lonely Place:
The great Hitchcock film, "Shadow of a Doubt":
And, what might be my new favorite movie ever, "Le Trou".
I guess I've always been a sucker for great iconic acting and the suspense that these old movies had to rely on instead of CGI and pyrotechnics. I knew how this sweater would end anyway. Happily, and with a warm heroine.
Love it. I'm in the process now with this pattern... I too got confussed on the Yo kbl. I thought it strange for the pattern to say to knit all the YO in the bl....but then a few rows specifically had it written to do so. I decided to disregard the knit all YO in the bl and only did it that specifically said
ReplyDeleteLove it. I'm in the process now with this pattern... I too got confussed on the Yo kbl. I thought it strange for the pattern to say to knit all the YO in the bl....but then a few rows specifically had it written to do so. I decided to disregard the knit all YO in the bl and only did it that specifically said
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