It. Is. Finished.
Finally.
(Only four months late...)
I pushed through last week and got the bottoms of the sleeves completed:
It's not quite how the reference picture looks, but at this point, I'm calling it good enough.
So, what got me over the finish line? A couple days off work. Cooler weather. And not being in the long-term assignment. I had a bit more mental energy to figure out what I needed and push through.
Now I get to mail this off to my niece. The timing's good as she should be able to wear it now. It would have been nice if I had gotten it to her in time for her birthday, but oh well. (Her birthday was in June.)
This is why I can't "design" stuff to a deadline. (Although, I didn't design it. I just copied a picture. Which is harder in a way.) There are too many things I need to think about, and that takes time. I can deal with deadlines better if I have a pattern to work off of.
If I had known it was going to take fifteen posts to get the sweater complete, I would not have done the eyeball puns for titles. Or maybe I would have. It was fun, in a way.
Now, I have to figure out what project I'm going to work on next.
Eye sweater previous posts:
- Eyeing a New Project
- Seeing Some Progress
- Second Sight
- Envisioning the Next Step
- Glaring and Sniffling
- Surveying the Sweater
- Looking Towards Sleeves
- Watching More Progress
- Regarding an Omission
- Eyeballing the Sleeves
- Can't Quite See It
- Witnessing Another Bout of Yarn Chicken
- Current Views of the Sweater
- Cross-Eyed
Wow, the sweater is beautiful! Well done on finishing it.
ReplyDeleteIt’s beautiful. And it’s sweater weather.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteThe finished sweater looks so cool. I hope your niece enjoys wearing it.
ReplyDeleteSo, you are already eyeing other projects? I think the timing for your niece getting the belated birthday gift is just perfect. It will get worn right away.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I must always have something on the needles or hook. There are some TV shows I can't just watch. I must have my physical white noise, too.
DeleteIt came out nice! And your niece wouldn't be able to wear it in June anyway, so it's perfect timing.
ReplyDeleteIt looks great! It is more timely now than her birthday month anyway, so that worked out.
ReplyDeleteYes, this is true. Thanks.
DeleteIt came out great! Congrats on finishing it.
ReplyDeleteWow you knitted this? Or is crochet? This came out great! I use to work for Vogue Knitting though I do not knit. It always amazed me what people could do.
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It was crochet.
DeleteWhat an awesome result. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteHaving accompanied you virtually in the making of this sweater, I feel happy too now.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteCongratulations on finishing this project. Now it would be nice to see the sweater on your niece!
ReplyDeleteI'll try to remember to ask her to share a pic.
DeleteWow! Congratualations on finishing it.
ReplyDeleteHi Liz - impressive ... well done and I bet she'll be pleased ... cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteWhat fun fun colors. She's going to love it. And as the weather has turned, I think giving it to her now is perfect. She couldn't wear it back in June. Love the eye!! The sweater looks short, so I assume your niece is young...the like to wear things like that...once upon a time I guess I didn't feel the need to have my arse covered, but it was a long time ago, lol. Congrats on getting it done, it looks great.
ReplyDeleteYes, she's 23. She gave me the dimensions she wanted, and cropped was the look she was going for.
DeleteOh, I do like this. Is that a series of double and triple crochets. The yarn looks so soft.
ReplyDeleteThis is excellent! I love the colours and the style. She will love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteIt looks great!
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteCongrats on completing this project!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see the sweater on your niece.
It looks great! And great timing now that it's starting to get cold.
ReplyDeleteAt least that part of it worked out.
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