But not without many, many bumps along the way.
Looking back I can say that a lot of blood, sweat, and tears went into making this sweater, aka The Beast, for myself. Blood because I stabbed myself with a needle quite a few times sewing on the buttons. Sweat because The Beast is one heavy son of a bitch. Combine that with summer weather in a house with no AC and I sweated having it on my lap. Tears because I royally screwed up the trim last week. I cried as I took out 4 hours of hard work. Luckily it's didn't take nearly as long to redo what I tore out.
I have never made anything as complicated as this sweater. The husband, amazed at the amount of detail, asked how I did it. I couldn't really explain how. It would have been like him explaining some programming language to me. It wouldn't be understood. But I could share that the Beast contained 8 different kinds of stitches, most of which I never heard of before I took the project on.
All I need now is for the weather to cool off just a bit so I can wear it.
9 comments:
hush your mouth about the weather...the beast can wait
Very lovely, all that blood, sweat, and tears make it even lovelier.
I love it!! That's a really cute sweater. Great job.
The Beast is awesome! And is looks cozy. I've knitted an oven mitt before, but even that was a little too much for me.
OK, i am in awe!
and also, i am a Small ;)
How incredible! It looks fantastic! Now if only the weather would cool off to wear it... :)
The Beast is beautiful! You did a fantastic job.
That is super cute! I love the color! It does look like it was a challenging pattern but you did a fantastic job!
Crazy, stupid talent you have. Oh my Lord.
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