Its finished ...in the photo above ...which is the sleeve can you see the seam?
I had all the parts ready to assemble and then the collar to knit ...did the sixteen rows of rib and then came to the dec row. For three hours I knit and unpicked it.
Nightmare ...finally I gave a shout out to a wonderful knitter who stepped in and gave me the help I needed even making a video so I could follow it step by step.
She has a lovely voice too :)
Here are some photos of the stages
Here is the collar cast off after the help, sorry I didn't take a photo of the mess I made of it :) it was bad :) Simple when you know how :)
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I have it on now, my friend is coming over and she loves to see my creations :)
Hubby and DS gave it a thumbs up too. :)
Thanks for having a look
Hugs
Chris
What a stunning sweater...such a great talent. That is a nice color for you, too. It's easy to see why you couldn't wait until Saturday. 🧶 😊
ReplyDeleteThank you i will be making a few more out of this booklet now :)
DeleteAbsolutely lovely!
ReplyDeleteYou have such talent as a model and knitter, too!
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Why thank you for that, can't hold in the joy of it :)
DeleteWow! That is such a beautiful sweater!!! Well Done!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much :)
DeleteYour sweater is a beautiful one . You must find it hard to decide which hand knit sweater to wear , they are all so nice . I just read some of the older recent posts , it seems you and the hubbie , have talents that you put to good use . I'm sure your cute cow , will have a good time if she gets her company . My dear Mom used to walk her family cow ; Bonnie , to and from the nearby pastures . She loved doing it . Her brother didn't like doing it and always asked Mom to do it for him . . Yes , I hope your weather is not so dry , to cause those great fires . Take care .
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your comments,hoping the fire danger is low this year as there was lots of rain.Nice to read about your Mom,thanks for sharing that.
ReplyDeleteYou did a lovely job! The sweater is beautiful and it really looks nice on you! Susiemt
ReplyDeleteThank you it is lovely to wear too :)
DeleteIt looks GREAT on you!! 😃
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For me that’s how I know something is a good design - when it looks BETTER on someone than it does flat on a table, or even in the photo with the “real” model. Congrats!!! I’m excited to see what else you make from the booklet! ❤️
PS I think NZ and Oz voices sound much nicer than ones from the US 😉
The collar is really nice sitting up like that. Most of my knitting has gone to others but I am getting a nice collection.
ReplyDeleteThis new pattern book makes me want to knit all of them :)
He he I have Kiwi girl accent even after 31 years in OZ much to Hubby's disdain ..LOL...
ReplyDeleteI am an individual:)
He must like your voice pretty well, since he married you - and that was back when you were more recently from NZ! LOL
Delete(just between us, I like the Kiwi accent more than the Oz one; the vowels are pronounced higher)💟
Lovely sweater and it looks great on you.
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Deletevery nice love it and looks good on you also wow
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DeleteSo beautiful! Excellent work! Enjoy!
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