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Yvonne (Part 3)

Monday, 17 August, 2009

(Read parts 1 and 2.)

It's weird: I really hate sewing, but if something's for someone else, I'll get right on it; if it's for me, I'll procrastinate like hell. All right, admittedly in between when the Yvonne jumper was being blocked, I did knit another Ishbel beret for a special someone's birthday (which is not for months, but hey, these things tend to creep up on you so it's good to be prepared!) But after I finished that, I got stuck into the tedious sewing (and tried to do it around other people so it wouldn't be as tedious). However, yesterday I enforced on myself a mental health lockdown because I was so peopled out (we didn't go outside all day, although I did open the blinds and the screen door because, you know, 28 degrees Celsius in the middle of winter should be taken advantage of), and Ben and I spent the afternoon on the couch while he played Farmville and I sewed and sewed and sewed until it was all done.

And now the final result looks like this (although it probably wouldn't be worn over what I am wearing in these photos; I just needed something that would show off the pattern. And Yvonne will make it look so much cooler; I'll have to ask her for some pics that I can put online):

So there you go: my first design now fully knitted! I think it turned out all right, although I'm worried it will be too big on Yvonne (she did want it oversized though). It's actually quite warm to wear; I remember Bron telling me once that lots of holes in mohair was good because it trapped the air and that's what made it warm. I'm not sure how you'd fare if it were windy, but it's certainly a lot warmer than it looks!

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