Twists of Fate

A sweater destined for a friend of mine back on the East Coast! This is the Portland Pullover from IK Fall ‘o6, as previously mentioned here. It was a super fast knit, being of bulkyish Colinette mohair on US 11/13/15s in the Velvet Olive colorway.

Just a sleeve. Pretty sleeve! I used partial skeins in constructing all of the sweater parts – one skein for the sleeves, one skein for the body, and another skein for the yoke. I didn’t actually finish using any of them. There’s plenty left for a scarf, I think.

A shot of the simple neckline. It’s rolling at the moment, as it was bound off fairly loosely with Elizabeth Zimmerman’s sewn cast off. I’d rather have it roll than not fit over the recipients head, you know?

The finished, and as yet unwashed and unblocked sweater. Alas, I wasn’t paying as close attention as I should with regards to dye lots, as you can see here in the vast difference between the body and the yoke. But I think it actually works here. At least, I don’t think it looks *too* bad, does it?

It’s my experience that Colinette tends to bleed fairly heavily in the wash, so who knows. Maybe the color will even out after a bath. *snorts* Or not.

This is a really lovely, yummy, warm sweater, though she’ll have to wear a turtleneck under it, I think. The Colinette mohair, it is The Beautiful but not particularly…soft. The seams were, well, they were an adventure at 2am this morning while simultaneously watching MacGyver. And the sweater will probably look fairly bedraggled after the wash, as mohair tends to be. So while I’ll send the instructions along with it, I think she’ll probably have to pop it in the dryer for a couple of minutes on fluff, then turn the thing inside out and press the seams with a cool iron to really make it fabulous.

So yay! First sweater complete! I’m so stoked! :)