Neiman

I finished my first sweater! Well, I guess technically this is my third sweater. The first two being a set of Christmas Sweaters I made a couple years ago out of some nameless acrylic. But it's the first sweater I've made for myself. Note to self: make more things for me. I somehow end up gifting all of my knits. Odd...

FO: Ms. Neiman
Pattern: Neiman by Ann Weaver, featured in knitty, fall 2007
Yarn: MC - Fibranatura Baby Merino in white, about 5 balls
CC - Debbie Bliss Pure Silk in turquoise, 1.1 skein (what should I make with the other .9 skein?!)
Needles: US 3 circ and dpns, US 2 circ and dpns
Cast on 09/26/08, Bound off 1o/27/08

No real mods. One accidental embellishment: I knit one row of the chart twice and didn't discover it until about 4 rows up. It's not that noticeable so I don't really care. The top row of blobs is a little more egg-shaped than the bottom row. Whoops. You can see it in the first picture. As of now she has not been blocked. I'll post modeled shots when she is.

I am excited to wear this baby out. I am hoping to block it a little bit bigger as it is quite curve-hugging, but either way I love it. Also, I've found that if I hold both yarns in the same hand as I fair-isle, my gauge stays pretty even and my floats are just about the perfect length. In past attempts (pre-Ravelry) my end stitches would be way too tight and it was all puckered. Hopefully those days are now behind me. Perhaps I should invest in a strickfingerhut aka knitting thimble. Gotta love that Norse ingenuity.