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I've made a couple of jumpers recently - one as a present and one for me to keep.  The Wonder Woman sweater was received well, although I wasn't terribly pleased with the yarn I chose (good colour, but not really the chunky weight it was sold as) and it knitted up much more sloppily than I intended, despite having done a gauge square.




On the other hand, I'm absolutely delighted with the sweater I made for myself.  The pattern doesn't have a name, only a number, but I got it as a freebie from Deramores with a yarn that was on offer.  It knits up quickly, and would have been even quicker had I not failed miserably to change needles at an appropriate point when knitting the front and done 100 rows of pattern at the wrong gauge (DOH!).  Frogging that back and restarting probably added 20 hours of knitting.  Still, it's all been worth it and considering that I was using a variegated yarn, I'm particularly proud of having got the sleeves to match beautifully.

Two different items finished this week, on very different scales.  The baby sweater, ordered by my step-daughter, is now finished (along with one baby boot, but I have another to do before posting here).


I slightly messed up the joining at the base of the v-neck, hence the little shell detail button which hides the erratic stitches.  Much easier sewing that on than laboriously frogging back the neckline!  The sweater was knitted on 3mm and 3.25mm needles, using a four ply yarn.  This particular four ply is Women's Institute Soft and Silky in Blue Mix.  The pattern was an alteration to one available free on Ravelry.

For myself, I made a scarf.  It was made out of Aran weight yarn, knitted on 6mm needles and was again, an adaptation from one free on Ravelry.  It's an adaptation, because the one on Ravelry is knitted in chunky yarn, on 8mm needles.  But I didn't have enough chunky weight to do a long enough scarf and I'm trying not to buy too much more yarn before I've knitted up what I already have in stock (which is quite a bit).  Again, I messed up the pattern in odd places, but managed to put it right easiy enough too.  If you look hard, you can find the occasional mistake, but I doubt anyone will notice when I'm wearing it.




Additional to finishing both of these pieces, I've also managed to upholster the back of the back of the rocking chair, so only the seat cushion covering to finish on that now!