I haz it.
I don’t know what occurred between last month (which was full of knitting fail) and this month (which is already almost at two finished sweaters). Did Mercury leave retrograde or something? Whatever the reason, I’m glad that it’s happened. And I really, really love this sweater. I love the hem, I love the neck, I love the cables up the sleeves.
I really, really love the ultra-fitted seamless shoulders:
I have a problem with a lot of store-bought clothes (and handknit sweater patterns, really) with there being far too much fabric for my narrow shoulders—but that’s the glory of designing! I can make my shoulders as short as I want! So I did. (The pattern will have shoulders sized to fit normal people, and of course I’m always happy to advise on adjusting the fit.)
All that’s left now is to graft up the underarms, come up with a plan for the shawl collar (I’ll do those today), knit the shawl collar (tomorrow), and then give the whole thing a good block and hopefully get rid of the curling at the hem. Then I’ll enlist the help of my trusty tech editor to make the pattern go, and you can have one too.
Just in time for the middle of summer! Because I’m all about seasonally appropriate knits.
Wow that’s gorgeous!