FO-Sweater

[GinnyG]

This sweater is from the Knitting Pure & Simple Neckdown Pullover for Women #9724 made with Schaefer "Elaine" color Mary Breckenridge (from the Memorable Women series). I was looking for a simple pattern to show off the yarn.

You can see some "pooling" of color in the sleeve but it is identical on each side so I think it looks like its supposed to be there.

For some reason the picture makes the yarn look lighter in some places, I think it's the flash. In reality it is very even and the darker color. This is a very easy pattern and I worked it up in just a couple weeks.
Now it's on to finish my CPH and then I can start knitting for the new GRANDBABY:woot:

[gal51]

Nice ... thanks for sharing - every new FO I see like this inspires me further :)

[dustinac]

:happydance: very pretty!! I love the colors... you did a great job :thumbsup:

[Jan in CA]

That was my first sweater pattern and I liked it a lot. I ended up with mine a little too large, but I wear it anyway sometimes. ;)

It does show off the yarn well and you did a great job on it!

[auburnchick]

Congratulations on your first sweater! :cheering:

[bethany]

love the colors! I'm trying to do socks that may match!

[MerigoldinWA]

Looks very comfortable. Does the self striping yarn make all those sort of wedge shaped sections with you just doing regular straight rows? It makes a very interesting effect however you did it. :-)

[GinnyG]

This wasn't my first sweater, I've done many. It was a very simple pattern because of the yarn, and also because I made this pattern for my daughter for Christmas and thought it looked really comfy.
Elaine is a thick and thin yarn that I didn't think would look good with lots of ribbing or cables. Add to that the varigated yarn and I wanted a pattern that would show, just the yarn.

I do like the color pooling in this case, looks a bit like intentional elbow patches.

[sue in canada]

Looks great, love the colors.

[momwolf]

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[twowackykids]

That's very nice. I actually like the pooling on the sleeves!

[ah]

Looks great!

[dmknits]

Very pretty. That's neat how both elbow colors came out that way!