Finished Object: Fjalar



I gotta admit it: there were times I wasn’t sure this was going to happen.

Oh, cables I love. Super wooly deep-winter sweaters I love. Elsbeth Lavold designs I love. But this particular sweater was swimming with trials and tribulations. Even when I got to the final wrap-up of sleeves, it turned out that the sleeves knit as-directed, for a myriad of reasons, did not work and had to be frogged and re-knit several times.

Water under the bridge. The baby’s been born and I’ve worn it on the two coldest days of the year with nary a shiver.

My personal critique of the design is that I’m not a huge fan of this particular shoulder/sleeve shaping. And, though I like the collar details and shape, the back of my neck would have appreciated a softer fiber choice.

The wool is Brown Sheep Lanaloft Worsted bought during my LYS’ annual sidewalk sale several seasons ago for a whopping $40 total. It’s rare anymore to knit a sweater for less money than it costs to buy it new. Other than my time in it, that was definitely true this time around.