Finally finished the pieces

Incredibly this will be the first jumper I have knitted for myself for many a long year. This photo was taken early on in the process but I am now much further along. I have knitted the front, back and both sleeves and I just need to sew in the ends and block the pieces then I can do the neckline and sew everything up. Brilliant. It's a design called Sailor by Louisa Harding made from her Nautical Cotton. I made it bigger than it needed to be because I usually find cotton yarns don't have much give in them and can feel a bit restricted. It was a nice yarn to knit with and a lovely simple pattern to follow, a nice relaxing knit and believe me I've needed to relax a bit just recently! I bought this last year from the Knitting Parlour in Malvern when I was visiting relatives there.




This is a project that is on my pins at the moment. I'm in the Yosemite KAL in the Knitty group on Ravelry. I can't remember ever having knitted a jumper in the round on a circular needle before so this is a bit of a learning curve for me but I'm loving it. It's a great pattern and is very enjoyable to knit. The yarn I'm using is some mixed fibres yarn I picked up very cheap on ebay a while ago. It's actually knitting up to tension and looks and feels very good. I'm hoping I will be pleased with the end result. I haven't got very far with this as it takes forever to do one row and my other projects are taking priority at the moment.






I'm hoping to finish Sailor in the week. It's very tempting to put it in a bag and bury it at the back of the wardrobe because I have so many things I want to make a start on. Must resist temptation! I want to be wearing it on holiday and that is getting very close now. Yippee:-)