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Finished Project: Ron Weasley’s Hallows Pullover

December 31, 2011 peneloping

Pattern: Hallows Pullover by Melissa Metzbower
Yarn: Knitpicks Wool of the Andes Bulky
Started: September 23, 2011
Finished: December 11, 2011

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I hope everyone had a great Christmas!

Remember the Super Secret Project I mentioned a few times and promised to post pictures of but never did?

Well, it’s done!

I can’t recommend this pattern enough. It uses bulky weight yarn so it knits up super fast, and the pattern is pretty easy to remember. I did make a few adjustments though. I lengthened the body by about an inch. For the sleeves, I did increases every 5 rows instead of 4, up to 67 stitches, and then knitted even for an extra 22 rows to accomodate Boyfriend’s monkey arms.

Love! It looks just like Ron’s in the film:

Boyfriend was pretty happy with his Christmas present.

Finished Project: Demi

July 13, 2011 Peneloping

Pattern: Demi by Kim Hargreaves
Yarn: Lion Brand Fisherman’s Wool, 2 skeins
Started: June 19, 2011
Finished: July 8, 2011

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I know I’ve said it a thousand times by now, but holy crap this sweater knitted up so fast!

I’d been wanting to make it for ages but I’d never made a cabled sweater before and thought I should get some practice by working on a free pattern before spending money on something I might decide was too hard.

Yeah, in retrospect, that was a really backwards plan. Mostly because the free “practice” pattern turned out to be Beatnik, which was so much harder. And in the end, I got Vintage Knits from the library and didn’t pay a penny for the Demi pattern anyway.

This pattern though! I love it. It’s one of those patterns that’s just hard enough to not be monotonous but still doable without checking the charts every other row, which is a good thing because the charts in the book are tiny. Anyway, the point is I’m pretty sure this pattern is magical because every time I sat down to knit, I would suddenly look down and notice that I’d cranked out several inches in an impossibly short amount of time.

No, seriously. It’s like fairies jump out and knit for me while I’m not paying attention.

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Finished Project: Beatnik

July 5, 2011 peneloping

Pattern: Beatnik by Norah Gaughan
Yarn: Lion Brand Wool-Ease in Barn Red, 6 skeins (I think)
Started: March 12, 2011
Finished: June 24, 2011

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For a while I didn’t think I was actually going to finish this sweater. This is by far the most complicated sweater project I’ve done yet. I’m blaming the fact that nearly every damn line of the chart has a cable or three so it’s impossible to memorize.

I’ve gotten to the point where I can crank out quite a few inches of knitting in a night after work, but I came to a grinding halt with this sweater for a few weeks because the most I could finish in one night was one pattern repeat. It was far too complex to bring as a travel project, what with having to check the chart every few stitches. And once I’ve finished the back panel I just couldn’t bring myself to jump into doing it all over again for the front.

But now, it’s done! And it’s glorious.

And thank god it fits, or there would’ve been weeping.

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