Well here it is, finally finished, my first cable hoodie sweater. I first saw this sweater while visiting a special yarn store called Cricket Cove in Moncton NB, and told myself that this is a must have. I bought the book however waited a bit before getting the yarn; I had ten thousand other projects on the go and figured that I would wait before diving into it. My husband was kind to me on my birthday and bought me all the yarn that I needed to make this awesome sweater. With self discipline, I decided to wait until I finished certain projects; however, I couldn't contain myself anymore and decided to start working on it right away.
I started the sweater in November of 07, worked on it like crazy, at work between calls, in the car when taking long trips, at home, even fell asleep knitting a few times and was still keeping track somehow.........................have no idea how I managed that but I did. I had started with the back part first thinking that I would tackle the biggest piece; moved onto the one sleeve, front, then on the hood.
I decided to start sewing the sweater before it was completed, never a good idea folks, I was too eager to wear it, a huge discovery has been made, I screwed up the sleeve royally. When trying the sweater on, the top part of the sleeve buckled right up, no matter which way I would try to make it rest on my shoulder it looked awful.
I started the sweater in November of 07, worked on it like crazy, at work between calls, in the car when taking long trips, at home, even fell asleep knitting a few times and was still keeping track somehow.........................have no idea how I managed that but I did. I had started with the back part first thinking that I would tackle the biggest piece; moved onto the one sleeve, front, then on the hood.
I decided to start sewing the sweater before it was completed, never a good idea folks, I was too eager to wear it, a huge discovery has been made, I screwed up the sleeve royally. When trying the sweater on, the top part of the sleeve buckled right up, no matter which way I would try to make it rest on my shoulder it looked awful.
So, here I am, all frustrated and annoyed with this piece of garment that I have been working on like crazy. I decided to give it a rest and stowed it away in my cabinet full of yarn until I got the courage to destroy some of the hard work that I have done. This sweater has been taunting me all summer long, saying "fix me; fix me so you can wear me". A month ago I decided to un-sew the sleeve, took it apart to a certain point, and finished it properly. Started the other sleeve, took me a good 2 weeks to finish while working on other projects at the same time.
Finally, at 11:46 am this morning, the whole sweater has been sewn up and ready to be shown off to the world. It took a lot of patience, but let me tell you, it was well worth it.
