1. Yes, I'm still alive.
2. With the Curse round his mum's most weekends and no daylight to speak of when I'm indoors in the week, it has been fiendishly impossible to get a photo of the finished Central/Deptford Park Hoodie. I'm afraid this is the best I can do right now but I will try and get a picture of it in its natural habitat of Deptford Park...
3. I freaking love it! I can see I'm going to wear this one to death, probably in a rather short time! It fits beautifully, even though the sleeves are a little bit longer than they should be, they are perfect for my liking.
I couldn't (be bothered to) get gauge on this, so I chose to work to the instructions for a smaller size and it came out really well. The only problem, as I said, was the sleeves - the increases are done every so many rows; if I had thought it through properly I would have adjusted this to suit the fact that I was knitting on a different gauge, but I didn't and although they are a bit longer than they should be, they keep my wrists nice and warm!
I blocked all the pieces except for one sleeve before making it up - and am reminded every time I look at my arms! One day I'll get round to blocking the whole thing - when it gets washed - ie when I can bear to be without it for a day or two.
Made out of aran yarn from Coldharbour Mill in the Mulberry colourway. I used 700g in total which adds up to about £30 total, not bad. It's a lovely yarn, not at all scratchy and wonderful to knit with.
Hurrah for FOs!
5 comments:
Bravo! It's beautiful, perfect for snuggling up on cold grey days. I really like that pattern, might have to add it my Ravelry queue, hmm....
it's great! and I prefer my sleeves longer myself. Because you can always roll them back, but you can't make them longer when your hands are cold.
Very, very nice work! I prefer longer sleeves for the same reason Laura said.
Gorgeous - just the ticket for this time of year.
PS I have fallen in love with Deptford Market - finally found a good source of lime leaves and galangal!
hee hee Jane, keep it to yourself! I mysefl love the fact that you can always buy an avocado or mango to suit whatever particular stage of ripeness you desire - not just 'rock solid' as the supermarkets sell them - and the bunches of fresh mint at the greengrocer halfway down the High St.
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