It's a done deal!
So, here it is. I just need to add the little pearl button to the top to form the key-hole and the single crochet edge around the neckline. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to crochet the edge. Can anyone help me with that? Guess I'll have to learn before I send it off to the giftee. For my first sweater, I'm quite pleased. It's extremely itchy because it has a strand of mohair which I cannot tolerate, but I know my friend isn't as skin-sensitive as I am. Hopefully she'll think it's fabulous and not itchy!

Update 2/11/07: Added the crochet edge and the cute pearl button. It'll be off to Chicago tomorrow!

WTF is taking me....
So, this is what I've got so far. I thought that I would be finished by last week but life/procrastination keeps getting in my damn way! Ahhhh.... One more sleeve to knit then I get to sew it together and learn how to add a crochet edge to the neck opening. I have no idea how to add crochet to my knitting but I guess I'm going to have to learn. I don't really have to have this project done for another month-- the recipient's birthday isn't until March, but I have other projects in the wings and a WIP that I should have finished ages ago. Hopefully I'll get a lot done on Saturday when I'll have the entire day to myself. I can't wait to finally say, "I've completed my first sweater!" Even though it's not for me I'm going to totally HAVE to try it on....she'll understand! I don't generally wear/use the gifts that I make people before I give them away but in this instance I think that I'm required to-- since it's my first sweater and all!

Almost there...
I finished the front piece while "watching football"(I call knitting while the game is on and my boyfriend is screaming at the TV "watching football"). Now I'm onto the sleeves which are a pain in the ass. How ridiculous is it that the short cap sleeves are the hardest part of this piece?

I really thought that I would have finished this weekend but, much to my chagrin, I ran out of the purple acrylic yarn I was pairing with the mohair. I broke down and bought another skein. It's funny this sweater has only cost me about $4 total. Anyways I hope to actually finish this week. Can't wait to be done and start a sweater for myself!

Here's the 3-hour sweater progress....
So, this is the finished back. I'm onto the front at this point, but have been a lazy knitter for the last day or so. I'm out sick today so maybe I'll knit while I'm resting. We'll see how much I can get done. I'd love to finish it this week if possbile so I can block and do all of the finishing and have it ready to go to Chicago early for my friend's birthday! I need to track down those cute little tags that say "made with love" or something equally as goofy to sew into the back of the sweater. Maybe I'm check out Windsor Button Co. or A Good Yarn today after my interview.

My First Sweater
I bought myself a brand-new digital camera for myself for Christmas! I'm so excited....I can finally post decent pictures of my projects! Yay for detailed illustrations.

So, my newest knitting project is the infamous 1930s Vogue 3-Hour Sweater. It took me about a couple of hours to knit about half the back....this project is definately not going to be completed in the said 3 hours! Though, to be fair, I'm NOT using the recommended US 15s for the body of the sweater, which would have probably shaved a bit of time off for sure. I'm using US 11s based on the recommendations of a bunch of ladies from Craftster.org. I also swapped out the US 8s for US 9s for the ribbed waistband.

The fabric is knitting up quickly and isn't as dense as it may look in the photograph. If I had followed the pattern and used US 15s, I think, that the body of the sweater would be turning out rather holey-- kind of defeating the point of a sweater ;-) Then again, aren't the short cap sleeves doing the same!?

Anyways, I still have a lot of work on the project to do. I'm using some lovely lavendar mohair that I bought ages ago at a thrift store held together with a strand of a light worsted-weight soft lavendar acrylic yarn from my stash (Caron Simply Soft in Grape). I'll post picutres of the finished piece. Hopefully that will be within the week. This is my first adult sweater. So far so good. Wish me luck!