It turned out pretty neat, so much so that now I'm not quite sure why I wanted to destroy it in the first place. Must've been a case of almostdoneitis.
Let me explain. Very often (about 95% of the time), when I'm about three quarters through a knit, I suddenly get a feeling that whatever I'm working on at the moment is awful, is not going to fit and generally sucks on all fronts. It's a very strong feeling too, a source of genuine frustration and unhappiness. I always knit on, if only because it would be a shame to just rip all this work and in the end everything turns out to be just fine. The garment fits and is just what I had planned it to be, frustration becomes satisfaction.
Do you ever get that, or is it just me?
Anyway, Carefree Blue survived almostdoneitis intact. What do you think?
It's very warm (not necessarily an advantage now in June but I'll sure as hell appreciate it in November) and comfy, with really nice balance between attractive waist shaping and diplomatic positive ease. I can already tell that it's gonna be one of my favourites for a while :)
It's almost all twisted stockinette, with matching accents in garter stitch on sleeves and hem. I prefer continental knitting and my favourite technique automatically twists stitches when working in the round. I can correct this if I want to, but in the case of Carefree Blue I kind of liked the effect, so twisted the stitches remained.
PATTERN:
My own improvisation :)
Bonus: one of my chickens, Hades, watching the photo shoot. Despite masculine name, it's a girl and it is a special day in her life: today she laid her first egg ever!
More finished objects coming soon.
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