I have finally knit a sweater.

I know. I knit a lot. I knit a lot of socks. And last year, I knit five shawls. We won't count how many pairs of socks, but it was more than a dozen.

The back falls low enough on my hips, where I like it. I do have to push it up a little to put hands in pockets, but that's rare, and no matter how forward I lean, there is no gapitis between shirt and pants. The sleeves look a little short, but that was planned. I wear gloves to type and constantly push up my sleeves for cooking. What I don't like is the neck roll. The cabling pulls everything in, and the back of the neck stands upright. Now, I did knit on the the ribbed collar, and here's proof:


The color saturation in these photo are deliberately mucked with, because this sweater loves to photograph vibrantly. The back of the color stood upright, and the point of the V was too high from where I wanted it to be. This is very likely because I deliberately knit a size or three too large for me (I knit the largest size possible). So I've taken the ribbing off and did a crochet bind off of the back the neck. Unfortunately it still curls. So I will very likely undo the neck and do a k2 bind off instead, to try to prevent rolling.

While the sweater is tight to my body, it isn't confining, and it has lots and lots of room. I can sit with my knees to my chest under it if I want to. It is warm! and it itches my arms slightly.

I liked doing the knitting. It was an easy pattern repeat to memorize and enough to do where one wasn’t bored with it. This is the perfect first sweater, for what I wanted in a sweater. It is comfy and roomy and long enough where I want it to be. I learned from it and wasn’t bored. I liked this sweater very much.  ¶ 11:41 AM