Thursday, December 31, 2009

Finito!

Finally! I know you have all been waiting with baited breath to see the finished Girl Friday Sweater. I managed to finish it up a few days before Christmas and get it all seamed together (which felt like it took forever!). Then, I wrapped it up and realized that I forgot to take pictures! So, I had to wait until my mom opened it for Christmas - which was really better anyway since she makes a much better model than I do!!

I was really excited about how well it fit her! She loves it and has already been wearing it around and getting compliments on it. I am pretty proud of this sweater since this is the first project I have every actually seamed together! This project was a great knit and a really good first seaming project. The pattern is well written which is always a nice plus.

I didn't really make any modifications except for the yarn. I used Knit Witch Yarn - Mystical World (DK Weight) in colorway Apollo.

Can you tell my mom used to be a model??? :)



I hope everyone has a SAFE and happy New Year's Eve!! Can you believe it's time for another decade? I'm sure we'll just be staying home and watching the festivities on tv alone together as we usually do - trying like crazy to stay up until midnight!! What's everyone else doing??

13 comments:

Sarah {The Student Knitter} said...

absolutely gorgeous!!

Unknown said...

Very, very beautiful, both the sweater and your Mom. You did a great job.

barrel_racer_82 said...

Your mom is beautiful and that color looks great on her. Nice job!

Anonymous said...

What a perfect combination of model, pattern and color!

Beverly said...

It's gorgeous! Congrats on seaming your first sweater. I love the color. It suits your mom perfectly! She is lovely too - and you look just like her!

Diane Bogino said...

The sweater is beautiful. Thank you for all the compliments!

My daughter is so smart and if you look to the right in the picture, you'll see a picture of Brittany and me from many years ago!
See? She's ALWAYS be adorable. : )

Jane said...

It's a great sweater, and looks lovely on your pretty mom! Happy New Year to the Knit Witches.

azteclady said...

Best wishes for 2010!














(first time commenting, I mostly lurk but... well, have to start at some point, right?)

Turtle said...

that came out great! we're keeping it quiet this year. daughter and her best friend and boyfriend are out for a while, crap weather here though so... that inspires the be a bum and stay in mood!

judith said...

That did turn out great... I'm going to have to make that one. Looks like something my Mother-in-law would like. I should go ahead and start now for next Christmas...

Happy New Year!

judith said...

That did turn out great... I'm going to have to make that one. Looks like something my Mother-in-law would like. I should go ahead and start now for next Christmas...

Happy New Year!

Kate said...

Gorgeous-sweater and mom, but especially the two together! Excellent work:)

turtlegirl76 said...

This is what happens when I try and catch up on my blog roll. It goes from recent to oldest. I saw your other post first! Your mom AND the sweater are absolutely gorgeous.