Oscarpattern: Tangled Yoke Cardigan by Eunny Jang (Ravlink)
yarn: Rowan Felted Tweed in 155 (Pickle)
needles: US5
You may be aware that I started knitting this sweater about a hundred years ago. Okay, roughly 2 1/2 years ago. Either way, it's been a ridiculously long time. So I hope you'll forgive this brief post, but it's been such a long journey and I'm tired! It's worth noting the obvious- that there's no good reason why it should take any normal person this long to knit this sweater. I just clearly have issues. I would get all excited about knitting it during the fall and winter months, but would then get side-tracked by other projects, babies, etc. ;) Naturally, I wish I'd finished this sooner, but the most important thing is that its finished now!
I always envisioned this to be a comfy, throw on over anything, not-confining-in-any-way sweater, which is why I purposely knit the next size up. And while it turned out a tad larger than it could be, I'd much rather it be a little too roomy than a little too tight, so I'm happy with it.I love its crazy green-that-sometimes-looks-yellow color. I really love its tweedy goodness. I especially love the awesome buttons I found that pick up the colors in the tweed so nicely.
Most of all, I love, love, love that this sweater finally out of the WIP basket and on my body!
17 comments:
congratulations!! I hear ya about the thousand year not quite FOs. Glad you finally finished that lovely goodness!
What a beautiful knit! Congrats on getting it done. It looks amazing on you! :)
Congratulations on finally finishing! It's beautiful and looks lovely on you! I've always wanted to make a TY. I have plenty of Silky Wool, but a friend made hers with it and it grew to be huge! Now I'm skeered to try.
It's gorgeous! And you look so content and relaxed :) I know that feeling, having just finished a lingering WIP. Like a weight has been lifted!
I have a felted tweed sweater, and found that it holds up well to machine washing on the gentle cycle - except that it shrinks very slightly.
This was a bad thing for me, since my sweater came out on the small side, but might be beneficial for you if you have the opposite problem.
2.5 years isn't long.. I have a Clapotis on the needles which is much older than your now finished (and gorgeous!) sweater! Congratulations on finishing it!
that's one gorgeous FO!! I'm so happy you finally finished it :-) YEA! it looks beautiful and so cozy!!
WOOT!!
A super big YAY! He looks fabulous and I know you are going to wear him a ton! Congrats on such a lovely, wearable sweater :)
i love it too. and FYI if it makes you feel better, I have nothing left but the seaming to do on a sweater I started in January 2007... Three years and counting! :)
Yay yay yay! It was so worth the wait. Oscar is amazing! And you look stunning.
YAY! there is no better feeling than finishing up a long-standing project! Congrats! it looks lovely!
hurray! it looks great. I wear my tangled yoke cardy a lot, hopefully you will wear yours a lot too : )
Congrats on finishing! It looks fantastic.
Congrats on finishing it - I love that color and it looks great on you!
It's gorgeous! Congratulations. :)
love it! As beautiful as you. kiss hug.
Beautiful! You make me want to pick mine up again. It looks great on you.
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