Friday, September 03, 2010

Sweater WIP Week - Friday: 1980's

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Just to complete my tour of Helga Isager's book Strikketøj, here's my third and final WIP from there: the sweater from the 1980's. My photo is hideous, but I'll direct you to some beautiful finished versions.

It's knitted sideways. I cast on a long time ago (that's April... :)), knit a few rows, and then let it rest. During a few days in my summer holidays, I finished the first sleeve and the increases for the body - I've now just started the garter stitch panel for the neckline. Like most Amimono patterns, the knitting has to be quite plain (to some known as boring) in order to get the simple design, that I like so much. So endless *yo, k2tog, k2* it is :)

The yarn is the recommended one: Isager Alpaca 2 (yes, I did get 1 kg of that on sale once...) in the teal colour 023.

2 comments:

Britt said...

Selvfølgelig laver du den også! Den er fedest!
Jeg kunne også godt strikke mig igennem den bog.

Louise said...

NÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆ der var den jo:-) Jeg er lige gået igang med den sorte kjole - også lækker lækker