Thermal is done!

It looked like this outside yesterday:



The sun is out now and I think things may be beginning to melt. (We WILL have class tomorrow. We WILL.)

And it looks like this in my house today:



Yes, I FINALLY finished Thermal. I am glad I did the slightly smaller size; the fabric it makes is very stretchy. (Anyone who is planning on making this: go down 2 to 4 inches from the typical "finished size" you make, if you want a close fit - which I think looks best with a sweater like this).

I will need to wear something under it as the neckline is very low. I'm thinking most of the time either a t-shirt or a long-sleeved t-shirt would be best; I think a turtleneck might clash a bit with the neckline shape.

The color is off in that photo. (That's what I get for using the "energy efficient" CFLs - they "yellow out" everything). This photo - taken as a close up to show the buttons I chose - shows the color much more realistically. (It was taken in my bathroom, where I insist on still having incandescent bulbs. Because fluorescents make me look ill, and you don't need that at 6:00 am when you're trying to put on make up for the day.)



This also shows the nice broken-rib thermal stitch pattern as well.

Edited to add: I tried to get a truer-color photo, but because my arms are short and the bathroom is small, this is all I was able to get:



And yes, I'm wearing the little sockyarn hat I knit over the summer. I turned the heat down in my house to try to save a little on the gas bill for this month and I got cold. But the hat sort of matches the sweater, so it's all good.

As I said, I'm glad I made the smaller size. And also glad that I went with my own measurements (and trying them on) for the sleeves; if I had followed the pattern they would have been too long for me. (I guess I have proportionally short arms, or something: that's often a problem with garments I make)

I have two full skeins and a partial skein (and a tiny partial skein) of the yarn left over. I'm thinking I might make a pair of long fingerless mitts out of some of it. (It's a discontinued color of KnitPicks' Gloss. I suppose I could also check on Ravelry to see if there's anyone who's desperate for a small amount of this color to finish a project...)