Oh, the February Lady Sweater. Ever since I first saw the pattern last June, I wanted to make it. After a failed attempt using Comfort and lots of whining about how I wasn’t going to make one because every else had, I forgot my love for the pattern. Then I got the itch to make myself a sweater. I had about ten different yarn choices in this great blue color at Knit Happens and eventually chose Sublime’s Extra Fine Merino DK. In just over a month (including a week and a half when we were in Europe and the sweater was in VA), my sweater was complete.

So how was making my first sweater? Well, I loved knitting it. The garter was soothing, the lace just interesting enough to keep me going yet not too crazy to keep me from memorizing it.

There were a few issues:

1. Forgot between buttonholes which method I used so buttonholes are different sizes and styles.
2. Buttonholes aren’t evenly spaced. Not even close.
3. Bound off bottom of sweater too tight.
4. One sleeve (unblocked is about 1/2″ longer than the other).
5. When trying to remove the 3rd button (where the space between them is most obvious), I accidentally cut the sweater itself instead of the yarn I used to sew on the button. I somehow manged to save it but it’s a mess.

All that being said, I love how it turned out. I only own one shirt appropriate for wearing under it but I love it. I think everyone should make themselves one.

Project Ratings
Yarn/Pattern Combination: 9
Execution: 7
Pattern – Overall: 10
- Instructions: 10
- Finishing: No real finishing
- Stitch pattern(s): 9
- Interestingness: 7
- Desire to remake: 10 (going to make Maegan one)

The Project Redux is over here.