Bring the fortune and life of a past finished project up to the present. Document the current state and use of an object you have knitted or crocheted, whether it is the hat your sister wears to school almost every day, or a pair of socks you wore until they were full of holes. Or maybe that jumper that your did just didn’t like that much…
Oops, I seem to have completely missed yesterday’s post. I might try to catch up tomorrow or Monday. Is that allowed? Anyway…
By way of a past FO I present to you the sweater I am wearing right now, Baby Cables and Big Ones Too. I originally saw this pattern when Kate from Needled made one and blogged about it. I bought some New Lanark pure wool DK, because it was cheap but still Proper Wool, and I knit it up over a month, finishing it on Christmas Day, 2008.
Chris and I were staying at my parents’ house for Christmas, and I didn’t bother blocking it at first – I just wore it constantly for several days, during which time it took the usual battering from my Mum’s ponies and my parents’ Boxer dog. When I got home I gave it a good wash, got out the drool and the hairs, and blocked it properly.
The yarn, which was scratchy right out of the ball, softened up with knitting, and now, after several washes, it has bloomed into a beautiful soft, fluffy texture. This sweater is the perfect weight for most of the year – my aran and chunky sweaters have mostly been put away for the summer, but I know that my Baby Cables will get worn all summer long on chilly evenings and windy hills.
Here it is in action on our honeymoon on Skye, in front of the Eas Mor waterfall, with Bruach Na Frithe looming behind. My Baby Cables is the perfect hillwalking sweater: light enough and fitted enough for fit easily underneath a fleece or a waterproof, warm enough even in cutting winds, but airy enough to breathe when the incline warms you up. It is my go-to sweater on almost all occasions (sadly, it’s not quite smart enough for work). I love it.
It looks like a brilliant jumper. I’m loving this topic today. It is so good to see all the most successful most worn FOs that everyone has made.
I’m wondering about knitting myself a summer-Baby-Cables in Calmer this year. I hope it looks as good and gets worn as much as your version!
I have just discovered your blog via Needled and am so happy to have done so. I think I bought exactly the same yarn as you to make the Baby Cables, etc – probably inspired by the same post from Kate, actually! For some reason I ended up knitting it into a Tangled Yoke cardigan, which has stalled (at the yoke, unsurprisingly). Having seen your beautiful sweater I am feeling a bit regretful, but at least I feel inspired to go back to the cardigan. :)
Thanks for stopping by, Joanna! Thank you for the comment. Keep going with the Tangled Yoke – the yoke isn’t really that bad, I found – have you tried printing off the chart really big and colour coding the cables?
And you can always make a Baby Cables later!