Finished!
Written on April 13, 2010
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
April 13, 2010 @ 8:30 pm
Thank you! I really enjoyed making it, but am glad I have finally finished and can now be wearing it!
April 13, 2010 @ 10:23 pm
That looks lovely – no wonder you look so pleased.
April 14, 2010 @ 4:26 pm
Thank you. I am definitely pleased, and a bit relieved that I have actually finished!
April 14, 2010 @ 5:47 pm
The sweater is beautiful and your patience should be admired!
April 15, 2010 @ 11:12 am
Thank you! I think the patience has been worth it
April 15, 2010 @ 12:06 pm
Oh wow Heather, that’s GORGEOUS! It looks fantastic – congratulations!
April 20, 2010 @ 8:41 pm
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???
April 29, 2010 @ 7:06 pm
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.
April 30, 2010 @ 2:17 pm
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!
April 30, 2010 @ 4:27 pm
Its just lovely – well done you! So worth all the hard the work
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May 19, 2010 @ 4:13 pm
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!
May 19, 2010 @ 6:38 pm