Packages from my Secret Pal

Here are the pictures
of the packages from
my secret pal - 1st & 2nd packages.....

Blue Juliet almost done

I'm almost done the Blue Juliet for my sister - only one more lace repeat and the garter stitch edging. It looks great I used only one strand of yarn so it wasn't so bulky - I'm really pleased with how it turned out. This was the SWS soy yarn kinda splity but not horribly so.

Man's "not so Aran" Aran Sweater FINISHED

Hi all,

Here are the pictures of my finished Man's not so aran sweater. This sweater took forever... an extra 7 inches in the body and 4 inches in the arms. It looks pretty good though :)

Progress

1/16/09 - I have finished the Man's Aran Sweater. YAY!!!! It looks great on him. I started this mid Sept and finished mid Jan. 4 months well I did add like 7 inches to the body, 2 inches to the arms and made the neck higher - running out of yarn - buying more getting the wrong lot number for one skein (argh), having to find a color close in another brand. This was definitely trial & error.
- Note to self: buy extra yarn ( I needed 6 more skeins of main color and I would have liked 1 additional of contrast color but did without - he's 6'3" with a long torso and arms)
Pictures to come this weekend hopefully with him wearing the dang thing
Later for now.

Ok, I know I've been totally slacking on the knitting and blog posting and picture taking.... That said, the reason, I haven't been happy with the Man's not so Aran, Aran Sweater. Well, I decided to finish one sleeve and sew it on to see how it looked. (Hmm, not too bad) Had my honey try it on. (wow that looks pretty good). So I've been furiously knitting on the other sleeve and am so close to finishing it I can taste it. :) Three more cable repeats until I bind of the black and then another 5 cable repeats before I can attach it to the other side. I'm so excited finally this thorn in my side will be done and I can start something else.. I'm sitting here giggling like a school girl.

I still haven't taken pics of the SSP gifts yet but I will.