"I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily..."

"...than as a flawless clown."

They’re done. They’re finally finished. They need to be blocked, but I’m counting them as done.
And they’re beautiful. There is a slight hole where the neckline joins the neckband, but I think blocking will smooth that, and it’s really not noticeable unless you’re me.

I feel such relief getting these done. It was quite a stressful build up. I have other things to finish/start and finish before Christmas comes, but I feel as though the lion’s share is done now. My mountain has been climbed. My fingers can regrow the skin around the knuckle without fear of being immediately rubbed away again.

I love how the cables meet at the joins, and although you’d never notice it, I love how the increases on the sleeves look running along the bottom of the arms.

I take my hat off to knitting designers. A lot of time and effort go into designing these little details and you wonder if half of them go without being noticed. Plus it would be very easy for me to go wrong and mess it up, either in the knitting or in the joining.

I really enjoyed making these (other than the deadline stress). I like the pattern and I like the wool. The pattern is interesting enough to keep you going, but simple enough that you can commit it to memory and knit away happily. The finished jumpers are lovely and soft, but they have some heft and mass to them. Lovely cuddly squidgy things.

I would definitely knit more of these in the future – depending on how these two wear. I’ve heard that they can stretch quite a lot sideways so we’ll see.

*Quote from Margaret Atwood.