Look! I finished something.

The Brilla pullover is finished.  It certainly took me long enough to sew it up, not the least because my work table in the sewing room, and I prefer to stand at a table while sewing up sweaters, has become a battleground  in the war between two male cats to determine who is going to be sewing room cat.  I don't care, I just want to declare my room a demilitarized zone.

Moisés wanted so badly to be included in the pictures.  I however was less eager to have a kitten bitting and clawing my new sweater, creating snags before I even wore it out of the house.  G. snapped a picture while I attempted to disconnect one growing squirming kitten from my sleeve.

Of course he did succeed in creating a small snag.  Neither one of us noticed it until after the pictures were taken.  Rest assured it has been corrected now.

Pattern: Boat Neck Pullover with Ruffle by Jean Hurwitz  in the Filatura di Crosa Spring Summer 2009 Collection.

Yarn:  Filatura di Crosa Brilla a fingering weight rayon/cotton blend.

My sleeves ended up a bit longer than the patten, and they are a little fuller as well.  

The sleeve length issue is purely knitter error; there seem to be some lessons that I learn very slowly.  I knew that my pre-blocking gauge was spot-on, and I also knew that post-blocking my gauge was ending up a little longer than the pattern specified.  This was fine for the body of the sweater as I wanted it to be longer than the 23 maximum length specified in the pattern.

When I knitted the sleeves I didn't think about the length.  Mistake.

First, my arms are short and most sweater patterns are too long.  With the extra length that my sweater gained post blocking, I should have shortened the sleeve as I knitted.

On the other hand, these sleeves are wider than they appear on the model in the pattern, something I did not really expect, as I tend to think of my arms as being rather thick.  Once again, if I had actually thought about the sleeve dimensions, I would have realized the sleeves were too wide.  For this width of sleeve, I like the extra length, so I am happy with the result.

I really love the ruffled hem at the bottom of the sweater and the sleeves.

I would judge this sweater a success.  I will have to be careful wearing it though; at least until Moisés has learned a few manners.  

 

Comments

[Gina]

This looks spectacular, and that color is super flattering to you. I can't believe I'm not going to see it in person!

[materfamilias]

I love that airiness created by the unravelled stitches -- perfect summer sweater!