I finally finished Harold's aran jacket! I used Elizabeth Zimmerman's Saddle Shoulder Sweater recipe from Knitting Without Tears. I knit with a cone of School Products cashmere merino and size 10 needles- I think the cone was about 1600 yards and I have about 100 grams left. I think it took about 1500 yards of bulky weight yarn. Fortunately, the EZ pattern and my cable and moss stitch panels worked out so that the rib demarcations turned into a perfect saddle seam with no adjustments from me. After it finished drying, I took it to a tailor to get a zipper put in. So pictures of Harold in the sweater are still to come.
I've been knitting other things, but nothing blogworthy- I made 5 hats out of malabrigo for my 5 preceptors at work which I never ended up getting pictures of. I made a scarf out of Artfibers Kyoto and Bitty Bunz. I made a pair of armwarmers out of Curious Creek Fibers' Serengeti in Autumn in New England. That colorway is totally gorgeous.
Now I'm trying to finish shedir, take control of my second sock problem- I have 3 singles without mates, and decide on the next sweater project. Oh yeah, and I wanted to make Kate the cat and the Woodland shawl by Nikol Lohr.
Your sweater is gorgeous! Taking the sweater to the tailor to install the zipper sounds like a great idea to me.
Posted by: Macoco | October 31, 2007 at 12:06 PM
Hi Jenny,
have you ever thought of knitting 2 socks on 2 circs? No second sock syndrome but I don't suffer that one anymore since commuting with public transportation, I just keep the sock things in my bag and since there is nothing else to do....
The sweater turned out great! And stash reduction! yay!
Posted by: tini | October 31, 2007 at 01:11 PM
I second what tini said about 2 on 2 circ's. VERY nice for no SSS.
BTW: How do you know when you've been reading too many knitting blogs? When you're on Ravelry and see a "featured photo" for a pattern and go, "Hey, that's Harold!" Snork! Hubby agreed that I was a sad case...
Posted by: Erica | October 31, 2007 at 03:22 PM
That's a very handsome jacket! (If it was for you, I'd say it was gorgeous, but I'll give Harold a nod.) Nice job, congratulations!
Posted by: Janice | October 31, 2007 at 06:37 PM
Tihs is beautiful and exactly what I want to be knitting. Love this!
Posted by: tiennie | October 31, 2007 at 06:58 PM
Your sweater is BEAUTIFUL!
Posted by: adrienne | October 31, 2007 at 07:37 PM
The jacket looks amazing! Love all the detail. :)
Posted by: Jennie | October 31, 2007 at 08:48 PM
I love your sweater. The detail is fantastic!
Posted by: elizabeth | November 01, 2007 at 05:12 AM
Very handsome sweater! What was your total knitting time, do you think?
Posted by: Ellen | November 01, 2007 at 09:08 PM
The jacket is wonderful. I have to pick up Knitting Without Tears again.
Posted by: Lorraine | November 02, 2007 at 01:14 PM
What a fantastic sweater!! It turned out just great. I was up in San Francisco last weekend and had to visit ArtFibers after hearing your podcast. What a great place! I went on a Sunday afternoon and only had 30 minutes (I was with nonknitters). I purchased 2 cones of Golden Chai - What a treat!! I'm so excited. Thanks for highlighting the store. Good luck with your nursing career. I'm a school nurse in Southern California and absolutely love it.
Take care.
Posted by: Lori | November 05, 2007 at 03:56 PM
It was so great to see this in person!!! Beautiful work. I'm inspired to put the zipper in my first cardigan that's sat near-completion for the past three years.
Posted by: stephen | November 18, 2007 at 10:12 PM
What modifications did you do for EZ's saddle shoulder aran cardigan pattern? I really like the high collar that you did. Thanks!
Posted by: Jo | September 26, 2008 at 04:25 PM