Last night the sweater went in for a nice, long lukewarm bath with some Soak, and it's now drying (slowly, no doubt) on a mesh drying rack up in the stash room. It should -- fingers crossed! -- be dry by this weekend, when it's supposed to be nice but cold, meaning it'll be perfect weather for a proper photo shoot. In the meantime, here's a sneaky peek:
I was counting on the yarn to grow and stretch when it got wet (it is superwash, after all), and it appears to have done the trick. I really want this sweater to be nice and drapey.
I have some more baby knitting to do soon, but the next baby isn't due until the end of January, so I have a bit of time. (I need to find a few yards of a compatible yarn for the owl of the planned sweater anyway.) So I am returning to my Cranford shawl for some relatively mindless knitting that I can do while elevating my ankle. It's grown a bit since you last saw it, though it's still not quite halfway done.
This thing is going to be a monster when it's complete, but it'll be so nice and warm and cozy!
Isn't it amazing what you can accomplish when you can't do anything but knit?
ReplyDeleteLove that blue so much, and I've finally learned my lesson with superwash too, it will magically enlarge when it hits that bath!
ReplyDeletecongrats on finishing the sweater so quickly! can't wait to see it all finished.
ReplyDeleteIf I had started my Noro sweater a week later, it would be a NaKniSweMo project as well. I certainly finished it within the time frame!
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm still in love with your shawl. Lemme know when you're ready for test knitters.