... I finally finish my Olympic sweater! I made the rookie mistake of picking a busy pattern instead of something simple. There was no way, even if the pattern hadn't made my hands ache when I did more than 10 rows at a time, that I could finish in 2 weeks. Add to that, it wasn't even an interesting knit. It looks nice but was a bit boring. On the positive side, picking it for the Olympics got the project started and that was a definite benefit. Once things are on the needles, I generally get them done eventually.
I am happy with the way it turned out. I haven't tried it on post-blocking yet but it looked good before the block so think I'll like it.
I bought the yarn on a trip to England a few years ago. Since I mentioned Stonehenge in my last post, it seemed appropriate to include a picture of it too.
Back to the sweater ... I really like the yarn for this one, Debbie Bliss Rialto Aran. It has a nice feel. One drawback that I forgot about small balls of yarn ... weaving in the ends would have been a challenging, yet achievable, Olympic project! I'll know for next time!
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