Finishing

I've been AWOL!

Sorry!

I knew that life was getting in the way of blogging for awhile, but didn't realize how long it had been. At least I hope I left you with a good cliffhanger....

Retro Prep is really now totally finished. I love it as a cardigan.



On the subject of finishing, here is the green sweater for my daughter that I abandoned in January. This is what it looked like:


I shortened it, and just changing the proportion really helped (not the patterns fault, I knit it too long accidently). The buttons perked it up too.

Then, the embroidery:


And here it is now:


How about a nice action shot of sweater over pajamas:

And the back:


Here it is with the dress:

Daisy, from Knitty.
About 5 (?) balls Queensland Collection Llama Seta. A very soft yarn with a kind of crimped, vintage appearance. Didn't love the yarn. It was very splitty, but probably mostly it was the color, as I'm not fond of yellowish greens.
Odds and ends of Cascade 220 and Karabella Aurora 8 for the embroidery.