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| Sporting my new sweater vest! |
Are those angels singing??? Probably just a joyful Christmas song
spinning round my happy brain, but surely the celestial beings are at
least a little happy about this finish!!
I'm determined to become a Finisher like my friend Sarah. She makes a list every week and finishes things. It's a miracle....nothing short of a miracle, at least to a procrastinating non-finisher like me.
But that's all changing. I am transforming into the Joyful Finisher!
I'm still pinching myself that this vest is finished. It has been lingering for well over a year just waiting for me to knit the button loops! That's really embarrassing to admit, but I think that may be a piece of the mystery to my unfinished projects. I get stuck--for a variety of reasons, but stuck none-the-less. Anyway, I didn't know how to knit the loops so instead of putting some effort into figuring that out, I put the whole thing away. Once a project gets set aside with an issue, it's REALLY hard to pick it up and run with it again.
This sweater vest has so much learning in it!
**I spun the yarn from fleece that I blended. It's bulky, but soft and a bit silky to touch. Very warm!
**I learned to make cables! Fun!
**First steek! This was knit in the round and then cut down the front.
I'm determined to become a Finisher like my friend Sarah. She makes a list every week and finishes things. It's a miracle....nothing short of a miracle, at least to a procrastinating non-finisher like me.
But that's all changing. I am transforming into the Joyful Finisher!
I'm still pinching myself that this vest is finished. It has been lingering for well over a year just waiting for me to knit the button loops! That's really embarrassing to admit, but I think that may be a piece of the mystery to my unfinished projects. I get stuck--for a variety of reasons, but stuck none-the-less. Anyway, I didn't know how to knit the loops so instead of putting some effort into figuring that out, I put the whole thing away. Once a project gets set aside with an issue, it's REALLY hard to pick it up and run with it again.
This sweater vest has so much learning in it!
**I spun the yarn from fleece that I blended. It's bulky, but soft and a bit silky to touch. Very warm!
**I learned to make cables! Fun!
**First steek! This was knit in the round and then cut down the front.
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| cables run down the back |
This pattern is in the book Handknitting with Meg Swanson (affiliate link to Amazon). I bought a video by Meg that teaches the construction step-by-step. I highly recommend the book and video for learning these techniques.
I still need to block it and I think I'll add one more loop and button to the front (now that I know how!!). I'm a happy camper!
I hope you are blessed with a finish this week, too!
Praising God in All Things!
pam
Linked to Kathy's Slow Stitching Sunday!
