And finally, she’s done.
This is possibly the most time any garment has taken me. According to Ravelry, I started it in mid-August, and finished it on Monday, December 14. Four months! Thanks, TAFE.
Specs:
Pattern: Venezia by Eunny Jang, from Interweave Knits Winter 2006
Yarn: Jamieson & Smith 2ply Jumperweight. I’ve listed all the colour subs on the Ravelry project page.
Needles: KnitPicks Harmony, 2mm, 2.25mm and 2.5mm.
Pattern Mods: None. I do wish I’d made it a little longer, I think my row gauge was a little too tight, but it’s still wearable.
In the end, I had almost two whole balls of the edging colour left over, but I ran short of two colours on the second sleeve. I knit the 34.5″ size, and needed to get an extra ball each of the 106 Mooskit and the 183 Sand equivalents. I was only about 3 metres short for the Sand!
David and Emily bought me the yarn for my birthday back in May, and I reordered those two colours about 3 weeks ago – and they were exact dyelot matches! Even though it wasn’t totally necessary in the Fair Isle. I’ll never have that kind of luck again.
It’s going to be wonderfully warm – I had it on for about 5 minutes for the photo shoot and couldn’t bear it another minute. (It was about 30C!) Emily took some pictures in the morning, then in the afternoon, Ailsa took a bunch more for me. There are a heap more on Ravelry.
my first thought was oh that is gorgeous, and my second thought was i hope she didnt take those pix yseterday! it is totally amazing and looks great on you. well done!
oh Donna, you really are bluddy clever!!! It looks fantastic!! you have to enter it into the Easter Show!
It’s beautiful! Someday I will be brave enough to try a regular one color sweater 😉
Oh my, that’s Stunning! Looks like a piece of art to me! I seem to recall seeing the sleeve on a blog post and thinking “wow”!! Seeing the whole thing now is just amazing! Fantastic job! :O)
Wearable? Donna, it looks wonderful. I think the shorter length, and the layering, make it much more contemporary and funky than much other fair isle. Congratulations!
It is gorgeous on you Donna. I think a knit like that would take me a year to knit. What is your next project going to be.
i love it! i love the colorwork and the pretty pink accent – a real beauty donna!
Just amazing! I agree with Lyn, the shorter length, as well as the wonderful shaping, make it a very modern take on fair isle. Just wonderful!
Amazing! Now you just need to go somewhere cold!
Incredible work. I absolutely love the colours, esp the salmon and cream in the middle. I think we may have to do some close-ups of that bit next time I see you.
Your slow knitting still runs rings around my fast knitting. It is and will be ever thus!
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Wow, looks great! Perfect for those chilly days. Do you even get those down under? I practically live in wool sweaters now, it¥s freezing (actually, below)!
Wow! It’s just stunning! Maybe I’ll try something like that once I finish all the manly-man socks for Christmas….
Love it!
Absolutely gorgeous! There’s nothing much else I can say!
Wow. Ill be able to say that I knew you before you were famous 😉
It’s beautiful. The colors are perfect.
Wow.
Beautiful! I love the colors, and it fits you so well. And how dedicated you to your blog are to put on a wool sweater in the summer!
Congrats on another beautiful knit!
Donna it’s beeutiful!!
Looks wonderful. You’ve done such a great job. And if my slowest project was 4 months I’d be pretty thrilled.
It’s gorgeous!!