FO: Man Sweater

Apr 24th, 2009 | By wool gatherer | Category: Finished Objects

This entry is part 13 of 39 in the series Finished Objects

This project took a long time to come to fruition, though the actual knitting was very fast. Enjoyable knit, I would make it again. Mr L loves it. I gave him the sweater to try on for size as I finished seaming it. It took a long time to get it back from him for washing.

I love the detail on this garment – the way that the rib is defined by a garter stitch row, etc.

Less enamoured of the yarn. I think this sweater will not have a long life. I may need to patch the elbows as a precaution. Pilling is evident already. On the plus side, the sweater washed up beautifully soft and fluid and with no sign of shrinkage. In fact, the sweater grew a little with washing. I have ten balls left to play with.

Very difficult to photograph, for some reason. Main photo is pre-washing.

Knitting Pattern Guy!

Cast on Date: February 15th, 2009

Cast on: Long Tail

Pattern: 85-16 Pullover or Vest in Karisma Superwash

Pattern Price: Free

Yarn: New Lanark Donegal Silk Tweed DK £1.95 per 50g

Amount: 566g (12 balls)

Cost: £23.40

Colour: Cobalt

Needles: 4.0mm, 3.0mm

Size: XXL

Blocked: No - washed and dried flat after patting into shape

Finished Size: Chest 53″

Cast Off: Standard

Cast Off Date: March 28th, 2009

Ravelry Project: Drop(s) Dead Gorgeous