It's
Oblique by Veronik Avery. I call it "The Me Mine Selfish Cardigan" because it's been two full years since I've made something for myself. There are no buttons yet and the photo is horrible, but I needed proof. Proof!
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| And it fits! |
The T-shirt is a high-fives shout-out to my fabled attempt at
NaNoWriMo in 2005. My brother attempted it this year... well, sir, didya do it?
Previously on "Skeins of Our Lives," there was that quarter-sized ball of worsted weight wool/alpaca blend, Berroco Ultra Alpaca in colorway 6207 Salt & Pepper, severely downsized from the original five skeins.
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| Yeah, that yarn. |
That yarn was not nearly enough to complete the collar AND the cardigan itself. So how did I do it, you ask? It's simple. I am the greatest knitter that ever lived, nothing less than an absolute genius, prone to feats of miraculous ingenuity and fits of hyperbole.
You see
this yarn?
This yarn is a full skein of fingering weight wool/alpaca blend Berroco Ultra Alpaca Fine in colorway 1207 Salt & Pepper, also known as my first-and-last sock leftovers (totally haven't done a FO post for those yet. It'll happen). And if you double
this yarn, with the wave of my
wand needles, it becomes a near-perfect match to that yarn.
And now you may applaud.
Final counts...
Cast On: 11/1/2011 10pm
Bind Off: 11/30/2011 10pm
Total Yardage: 1075+ yards
Total Stitch Count: 45,276
Wait, not 50,000?
No
. Not 50,000. I lose.
And yet, somehow, I still win. :)
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