CPH FO happy dance!

I finished my hoodie last night. I'm really pleased with how it turned out. Especially given the egregious error I made a while back. My left armhole was 10 rows deeper than my right armhole, but I didn't discover that until after I had joined the shoulders and knit the entire hood. Yikes. I had to cut the knitting, rip down 10 rows, and graft it all back together. And it worked.

Here's the end product!





I started this on September 16, and finished on October 28. That's pretty quick for a sweater for me. I used Louet Riverstone Worsted, six skeins.

Mods: short row shoulders and three needle bindoff to join them, and I continued the cable up the hood. I also ran a line of slip stitch crochet along the back neck to keep the fabric from stretching out (hat tip to the Yarn Harlot for that one!).

More gory details on my blog: http://pdxknitterati.com/2008/10/29/central-park-hoodie/

I love this sweater!

It's Done!

Finished last night -- and it's not even Christmas Eve yet -- WOW!

These are not the greatest pictures, but I don't have someone to model it for until Christmas Day!

I used 8+ 3 ounce skeins of Caron Simply Soft Tweed, put on buttons, and carried the cable all the way to the top of the hood

I'm considering knitting this one again for myself -- I love the look of it, and since I have 3+ skeins of the yarn left, I wouldn't have to buy much to make a second one -- we'll see

It's been a blast!