sweater pix

Very, very nice, Wooly! Thanks for sharing!

Karen, Queen of Squishies

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That's beautiful, Wooly. Great job!

Hesira

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Your sweater is SO beautiful!! (Just now it is chilly here, and I wished I had a warm sweater like that! LOL!)

As always, you do very good work :-) Aud ;-))

Wooly you are a true master, thank you.

Dennis

WHoa! Very nice. (Um, how loong (not really a typo, is it?) did it take you to knit?)

(and I'll bet yours fits you better than the model's fits her--notice you don't see her hands. Probably because the sleeves are too long, LOL).

On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:20:43 -0500, "Georgia" spewed forth :

Took me... (checks calender) .. looks like I started swatching on

I could probably have gotten by with a 40" finished chest since there's so much horizontal give in an Aran, but then I'd look like a schniztel and that's just not attractive. As it is the thing is a tad snug where a girl's sweater should be and isn't too terribly roomy elsewhere. It fits, in other words :D

A$ designs everything to be oversized potato sacks (jmho, mind), then puts the things on Twiggy-type models. This is a habit of hers that goes back to early days. Unless she happens to model it on a broad-shouldered man with a triangular, Superman physique, in which case the sweaters look as if the models are poured into them.

Today I'm back to my Kathmandu sweater. I spent a couple of days trying to "fix" the shoulders (don't ask), finally ended up ripping it back to the underarms and starting over. I should have it joined at the shoulders again by knitting this evening and be ready to pick up the neckband. I love knitting fat yarn on big needles: it's fast!

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Well, I'm in awe. I have never finished a sweater of that complexity in less than 4 months. Mind you, for a long time, I had neither the leisure nor the patience to knit for more than 4-5 hours a week, but now that I have the leisure to do it, I still don't have the patience. I knit while I watch TV mostly, so it's still no more than 6-7 hours a week.

Georgia

That's most impressive! I like the way you changed the neckline.

On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:27:08 -0500, "Georgia" spewed forth :

Eh, don't be. I haven't had the energy to do more than minimal housework for at least a month (and the house shows it) - the sweater was a challenge only from the standpoint of making critical decisions such as "should I lower the neckline" (no) and "do I really want to knit the sleeves separately and sew them in" (no).

My synthroid dose was *just* increased on Friday last week, but I'm already feeling a bit perkier - or perhaps it's just wishful thinking. I do start to fade around 7pm, when I'm used to being functional until at least 10pm, but even that is an improvement, as I was getting up at

So honestly, I'm not sure when I made that sweater, but obviously it didn't knit itself! *chuckle*

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I agree with Jan - I like your version of the neck better. The photos are pretty good too.

Bully for you Wooly! Great job!

Shelagh