Blocking should really be an ongoing process...
Well, I think it's safe to say that this baby is D-O-N-E!
It only took... how long?!?!?!
The major point of concern was just the length of the sweater, which is borderline. After my second round of blocking, the front stretched a bit but the back is still a little questionable. There might still be a third blocking in the future.
Even with all my hesitation about the length, look at this:
It's still touching my belt, even with my arm stretched above my head!
In fact, this looks like quite a perfect length!
I definitely put off the seaming of this sweater for a bit too long because I didn't know how the shoulders would turn out. I think the only reason I am a decent knitter is because I am good at following directions, but I, to this day, have not succeeded at finding instructions for joining the shoulder seam of a sweater when the WS is really the RS. Even so, I think it turned out pretty well.
I'm going to take it to knitting with my friends on Saturday for the final opinion. Even though I think it looks pretty good in the pictures, I need some real-life reassurance.
I'm disappointed in the quality of these pictures, which is mainly due to the fact that I have no photo editing software. I think I'm finally going to get some kind of fun photo software, and soon! What do all you knitters out there use? I'm thinking about Photoshop mainly because that is the only program I really know anything about. Any other suggestions before I make the plunge?
Comments
Gorgeous!
You and the sweater!
That's a great color on you and I agree that the length is perfect too.
PS: I use Photoshop.
Posted by: Anna | January 20, 2005 07:14 PM
You rock! I love it. And, I too use Photoshop.
Posted by: Sarah | January 20, 2005 07:53 PM
fabulous sweater! it looks fantastic. i love those cables!
Posted by: kris | January 20, 2005 09:09 PM
The sweater came out great, and it looks really good on you! The length is right on.
Posted by: Mariko | January 21, 2005 01:39 AM
Really nice job, Molly. The fit and design suit you. Great choice of yarns. Looks very pro!
Posted by: Jenny | January 21, 2005 07:03 AM
Yay - congrats Molly! It is amazing how such a simple design can be so striking. Great work and it looks hot!
Posted by: kat | January 21, 2005 10:52 AM
The sweater is beautiful, and you have a smile to match. The top picture looks like it belongs in a knit mag (a good one).
Posted by: Beth | January 21, 2005 12:09 PM
I agree, that color is beautiful on you! You did an awesome job- I love the double cable.
I use Photoshop also but I don't really know how to use it! ;)
Posted by: frecklegirl | January 21, 2005 10:45 PM
beautiful! looks great. :)
Posted by: maeve | January 22, 2005 01:48 AM
Congrats Molly! Double cable looks great, and color is gorgeous :)
Posted by: Sandra | January 22, 2005 09:30 PM
Well any sensible person would use a Mac and iPhoto. For the rest of you Google's Picasa is supposed to be excellent -- and it's FREE. It's worth checking out. The sweater looks great!
Posted by: Merna | January 22, 2005 11:36 PM
Beautiful sweater, and it looks super on you! I really love the color and the design. I have a cabled sweater similar to this in mind pretty soon...
Take care!
Posted by: Lolly | January 23, 2005 02:03 AM
looks fantastic! love the color too! great fit.
Posted by: froggy | January 23, 2005 10:31 PM
For shoulder seams, leave the shoulder stitches live (whether RS or WS) and then use a 3-needle bind-off. I am terrible at descriptions, but put the front and back RS together, w/shoulder stitches on their respective needles. Take a third similar sized needle and knit or purl (whichever makes sense) into the first stitch on both shoulders. Knit or purl the 2d stitches. BO one stitch. Continue until shoulder is bound off. This works for everything except super heavy yarns. Extremely neat and tidy. Lovely sweater.
Posted by: Pam | January 24, 2005 12:50 PM
Ooooooooh, I love this! The color, the tweedy yarn, the cables, the length; it's all perfect. Great work, Molly!
Posted by: Becky | February 1, 2005 12:28 AM
that sweater is sooooooooooooooo awesome. what pattern (if any) did you use? do tell!
Posted by: mzundercover | February 1, 2005 01:00 PM
hi, i found you through super eggplant's blog. i love the sweater and i would like to know if you used a pattern or if you made it up? as to photo editing software, photoshop is really a lot of money to fork over if all you will be doing is resizing photos and maybe a little adjusting of contrast/color balance, etc. if you don't want to spend a lot and just need bare bones photo editing capability and you're most comfortable using the photoshop interface i'd recommend photoshop elements, which is a much much much stripped-down version of photoshop.
Posted by: holly | February 9, 2005 11:38 AM