finished projects!

Ok so you'll note that several of these projects were not even on my list of unfinished projects but they were for Christmas so i *had* to start them before I finished the others :).

This is a scarfy neck wrap sort of thing that I made as a Christmas present for my Aunt. I wasn't too happy working with the yarn, it knits up quite soft and furry but its a bit rough sliding along your finger. I don't think novelty yarn is really my thing.

Here is my dad's sweater, it is a navy blue color and it doesn't show very well here. It's a pretty straightforward sweater with pockets. The button band didn't come out right so I had to rip it out and try again. The first time I was knitting really fast to avoid running out of yarn but the second time I was a bit more relaxed.

Here is a dog sweater I knitted for my Aunt's dog. She requested it so try to keep the sarcasm to a minimum :). The color isn't quite right here either but you get the general idea.

And here is my sweater! Finally finished after ripping out a whole sleeve. Getting the sleeves in was a bit of a pain, it's hard to make reverse stockingnet lay nice in a sleeve. Also it has side gussets which makes it a bit more difficult to get the sleeves in. Wow that is a lot of uses of 'sleeve' in one paragraph. I do like the way the texture came out, I like chevron patterns because they have that nice v shape and the texture is all with knit and purls and no cabling (at least in this case).