Sparkle At Last!

A long in-process sweater has finally come to an end, and I am so very pleased to have finished it and not just frogged it. I started this Rowan sweater three years ago and got hung up by the broken rib pattern when doing the increases and decreases. It seemed impossible to figure out. I proceeded very, very slowly trying to guess what stitch was to come next. Three years went by, and just a few weeks ago I figured out how to predict the next pattern stitch. I had finished the backs, and the sleeves, and all that was needed was the fronts and collar. So during my recuperation, I decided to pick Sparkle up and proceed. I banged out the two fronts, and then the collar, and then she is declared done. Stick a fork in her - she's done!


Specs:
Pattern Name: Sparkle by Martin Storey
from Rowan Classic Style, Book 16
Yarn: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino DK weight
Needles: US#6 and US#3
Color: Wine
Yarn Amount: 13 balls
Start: 12-6-06
Finished: 1-6-10 (3 years from start to finish)

November Projects

Having not blogged for a while, I thought I's show you some current works in progress, along with some finished objects.

This is the Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf made from Debbie Mumm's yarn called Traditions. It is 75% Acrylic and 23% wool and 2% Other Fiber. At first, I got confused about which direction the rows were going to go, but it worked itself out. Love the way the colored yarn becomes triangles.






Finished Monkey Socks! Yay!!!!!!!!




Another view of the spectacular Indigo Ripples skirt. Love, love, love it!!! I wore it a second time while up in Northern CA going to see the star policeman in the Pirates of Penzance at Stanford.



Restarting RYC Classic Style Bolero called Sparkle. I had finished the back one year ago, got interrupted, and just started the sleeves.