Finished :)

Okay, so yesterday I wove in the last of my ends about 4 p.m. and I did it in front of Victoria so she would know.

All through this project I kept feeling like the sweater was really wide and really short.... but when I tried the finished sweater on, it fit me fine. I guess that means that I am wide and short! Well.... I am not *that* short.... unfortunately for me, the sweater is a model for the store, so I won't be wearing it unless the yarn and/or pattern is discontinued.

One thing about this pattern is that making it in any size you want is certainly do-able, BUT ... it takes quite a bit of figuring. So I would say that it is a pretty intermediate level of difficulty if you want to knit the pattern exactly as it is written, and it was pretty easy to knit. However, if you want to re-size it, you will need not to be afraid of the math, and be able to think in terms of gauge and measurements. To resize it you almost need to have knit it once, to understand how it goes together, or be pretty adept at being able to read written directions and be able to picture in your mind what is going on where. I will say, though, that it is eminently possible to resize this sweater to whatever width you want it to be. Resizing to a really specific different length is a little more tricky, because you have to add TWO rows rows of diamonds at a time, in order to make the neck be shaped right. If you only add one row of diamonds, there will be no V-shape in the center, because the diamonds are offset on every row. I would have liked my sweater to be one row of diamonds longer (at least, that's what I thought as I was knitting it; in reality, the length was fine). Thinking about it afterward, I think you could add half-diamonds (triangles) at the bottom, making the bottom straight across instead of zig zag, and then pick up stitches and knit down in some pattern stitch, maybe even ribbing, to get exactly the length you want... but then of course, the triangle pieces would be canted in a different direction from all the others, and depending on the edging you choose for the bottom, the fit would be different, perhaps. Like I said earlier, working on this design makes me want to branch off and come up with my own, nearly entirely different ideas....

I loved making this pullover and I want to make another one. But different, of course :)

Here's my finished product: