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Lochinver!

At last, she's done:

Here she is, sort of frumpled and rumpled after being crumpled around while I knitted it. I will hunt around tonight for a couple of buttons for the neck. I'm thinking I might have some buttons that have come off various pairs of men's dockers, and they would look real nice on the neckline. If I can find a matching pair...

Here is the new 'Wooly Board' (and some background Christmas clutter):

The upgrades, which my husband thought necessary, are the stabilizers at the ends of the arms. I don't think he ever really grasped how this thing was supposed to work until I actually put the sweater on it:

(The background is the big bulletin board in the laundry room.) As it turns out, the sweater itself provides stability, and the extra feature wasn't really needed at all.

I washed the sweater in the wash machine tub, but didn't let it agitate much at all. It's so much easier to have the machine do all the rinsing. The laundry room has a heater vent, and the room stays pretty toasty warm all night long, so I'm thinking it might be dry by morning. And I will wear it up to the cabin, where we will be staying for the next few days! I will try to find a moment to post a shot of me actually modeling the sweater. And I will also post a de-briefing about this project - what I liked, what I didn't like, and whether or not I like the sweater!

Comments

I think it's a very nice looking sweater. Lots of work went into that one.

Posted by: Uliuli at December 26, 2003 08:38 PM

You must have the best engineered wooly board anywhere! Go, Dale! (A knock down, assemble-it-yourself version would FLY on eBay, think?)

Posted by: Patricia Tryon at December 26, 2003 11:07 PM