Finished! And in just enough time to be wearable for only a few weeks until summer comes. Well timed, me. I skipped the bobbles that are meant to mimic roses (I think), mainly because I’ve never been proud of my bobble-knitting skills, and also I didn’t particularly want a row of bobbles marching down the front of my sweater, a bit too anatomical for me. Sorry! The pattern as written has a bobble in the cables between each a cable crossing all over the sweater.
I used black tuxedo buttons for the front, and grosgrain ribbon instead of satin ribbon. Skipped the bows at the top of the ribbons, because I’m also not too proud of my bow-tying skills.
There’s something comforting about a fitted sweater. It’s the first one I’ve knit that turned out as well as this one did. It’s a surprisingly quick knit, too, even if you take the million times I had to re-knit the back. It helps considerably if you actually read the pattern before leaping in headfirst. Let’s see…knit the back three times, and the left front twice. Got the sleeves in one go, though.
As soon as I finished this, the designer posted her yearly spring sale on her tee patterns, so I ended up with….well…five new patterns in total. Hard not to overdo it a bit, considering the current small business climate. Excuse me, I have some serious knitting to do.