And if you don’t believe me, here’s the previous picture I took of it:

I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking it looks like some hoosier v-neck t-shirt with the sleeves ripped off. Be not afraid, I would never wear something like that in public with you. I would never put you in the situation of me asking “What do you think of my hand-knit sweater? It took me hours upon hours to complete” and you would say “… wow, it’s really… great.” Once I finish the body of the sweater I knit the sleeves on, and then I add a ribbed edging to the collar and bottom of the sweater. No worries. In the end it’s supposed to look like this:

A couple of observations:

1. Stockinette in the round for a sweater really is kind of boring
2. But at least it’s brainless and I can knit even while watching Lost
3. Knitting a sweater in one piece does get kind of heavy and unwieldy, I can understand why travelling knitters knit sweaters in pieces

Hey do you like the new della Q bag I’m keeping the sweater in?

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Thanks for the well-wishes on the blog-birth-versary! Just paid the renewals$! I guess I’ll keep it up for awhile :)

I put half the stitches on another long circular needle to try it on and it seems to be fitting pretty well. Let’s keep our fingers crossed!

Yup, it’s a sweater. A top-down v-neck from Knitting Pure & Simple. It doesn’t look like much yet. I’m looking forward to joining it in the round for some mindless knitting. I’m using Lorna’s Laces worsted weight yarn in color Cedar. I’m having second thoughts about knitting a long sleeved wool sweater in California with summer approaching quickly (in knitting terms). However, this is supposed to be my first foray into adult sweater knitting with the primary purpose of understanding the top-down techniques. It’s all good.