Thursday, January 8, 2009

durrow

I finally got to give Chris his Christmas sweater a few days ago. I started working on the pattern at the end of September and finished the collar and sewing the seams January 1st. So, it's my first FO of the year!

I did some collar modifications and mirrored cables on the sleeves after reading Ken's blog entry of his Durrow. I used the smallest size on US sz 6 needles instead of 8s and added some sleeve and body length.


Pattern: Durrow by Jodi Green
Yarn: Queensland Collection Kathmandu Aran, colorway 155
Needles: US 6 & 4 (for collar)
Started: September 30, 2008
Completed: January 1, 2009


Kathmandu Aran is one of my favorite yarns to work with. It's soft and the subtlety of colors is great.



I had the front and back done during school and tackled the sleeves over winter break. About a week ago I had to be in the car from Chicago to Tulsa, OK. So, I spent the whole time finishing one sleeve, took about 10 hours or so.


The cables and charts look complicated, but by the second sleeve I was moving along quickly and memorized what all the symbols in the chart meant. It's a lot easier than it looks.


It fits Chris perfectly and he loves it!

5 comments:

Kyle William said...

looks wonderful - what a great gift! I have been thinking about making this one but have yet to commit... :)

sko_G knits said...

it looks great, i LOVE it!!

mollita said...

Your durrow looks great. I'm stalled at the sleeves, the chart does seem daunting, but after reading your post I'm going to dive back in.

Suzanne said...

WONDERFUL!!

Shivian Balaris said...

lovely! as a chicagoan myself, I approve!