I’m so done with this sweater!

Thought I’d share this finished sweater as it started out several months ago when I posted here looking for help finding a vintage Vogue Knitting pattern. Someone suggested eBay—found the magazine, bought it, and nearly lived to regret it 😆. I think I spent almost as much time untwisting/untangling the yarn as I did knitting! (Two strands of fingering weight knitting back and forth…never again!) The 256 stitches (single strand) for the “pleats” on the back nearly did me in too. And finally, I have developed an appreciation for how much more detailed patterns are now. When the pattern has to fit on a page or less of a magazine, there’s not much room for helpful tips. (At the other extreme, I’m currently swatching for Brooklyn Tweed’s Svenson, which runs to 20 some pages!)

Anyway, this one is going in the mail today and I’m crossing my fingers hoping it fits my DIL. If it doesn’t, it will have to make its way to someone else because there’s no way I’m taking this one apart. So Mc-effing done…