Hot off the needles! Well, hot off the finishing table, anyway.... It actually came off the needles absolutely ages ago, but ended up getting stuck at finishing. Just in time for autumn, so I'm not complaining!
It's Debbie Bliss' Riviera pattern, from her Alpaca Silk 2 book. I knit it out of the sadly discontinued Jaeger Luxury Tweed, hence the (Yorkshire) in the title, the Mediterranean riviera seeming singularly inappropriate as a namesake for a cabled tweed woolie...
I changed the collar from a great big scoopy thing to a little funnel one, which caused me a bit of grief (entirely caused by lack of planning!), and is where I got slowed down, but overall this was a smooth ride. The cables are quick to learn, and the knitting nips along at a suitable clip.
All very pleasing!
PS- Ravelry ate my weekend! My invite came through on Saturday morning (beautiful timing!). I'm practicalpolly if anybody's interested...
Monday, September 17, 2007
(Yorkshire) Riviera jumper
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14 comments:
that's just beautiful! it fits you so perfectly!
So pretty! I love the color you chose!
It's gorgeous.
BTW, I imagine that Ravelry will suck up much more than just a weekend. :)
You make some amazingly gorgeous sweaters!
Yay! Welcome to ravelry!
Oh it looks great! i'm very impressed. :)
That's beautiful and it fits you so well, is the wool itchy?
Thank you!
Kristi- I was worried it would be itchy, but it's fine (but I don't often find things itchy)
Beautiful sweater -- and welcome to Ravelry!
Lovely lovey lovely. I like the cables, colour and the neck is very nice. Also I like the hairband also - very chic photos!
The collar looks like it belongs with the pattern. Beautiful work!
very pretty sweater. the color looks really nice on you.
lovely, it looks great on you :)
Very inspiring!
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