I finished Cobblestone tonight - everything, ends woven in and all.

I didn't bother to block it; it didn't seem to need it, and also, these knit-round sweaters are hard to block. (Also, it's as humid as stink out there and it probably wouldn't dry for a week).

So here are a couple of quickly-grabbed shots.

(It was hot - really too hot for wearing a wool sweater. And for having my hair down again.)



I'm glad I made the size I did. I did the second-smallest size (43"). Any bigger, I think would have been too big on me.

This was a fun pattern but did get tedious with having to swap out balls every row to deal with the kettle-dyed yarn (Auraucania) which has no real dye lots so you can wind up with two rather different shades if you're not careful.

I do think that although this WAS a pattern designed for men, it looks just fine on a woman. It doesn't scream out "MAN SWEATER!!!" (Or maybe that's just my figure.)



(And yes, when I wear it "for reals," I am going to have a blouse on under it. The typical problem with flash + white underwear happened in these shots. I deleted the ones that were really obviously bad.)

I know I often look like I'm looking down my nose at people in my photos. That comes in part from years of being told by school photographers, "Look up, dear, so your glasses won't reflect." And I will also note - a tiny bit of vanity - when I do angle my chin down I get a bit of a double chin. Oh well. So I go with the slightly haughty pose rather than the slightly dowdy one.