It has been cold, cold, cold all week. As in, after a week of cold silliness we finally managed to get above freezing today after snow overnight. This worked pretty well for me, however, as I was deep in the depths of sweater knitting. Thursday I finished the knitting, wet blocked the sweater and left it incased in a towel sandwich blocking on the floor safe from cat interference. Friday I finished seaming the pockets and here it is!
The sweater is more blue than this photo shows, but hey… it was gloomy and snowing outside. The sweater was still too damp to wear, so I won’t be able to show it off to friends for a couple of more days, but last night I posted it on the Sweater Skeleton Finish Line on Ravelry. Ta-da! It is over, and I’m so glad that I did it.
As I was knitting down the last sleeve Wednesday night I was watching the ladies figure skating at the Olympics. It dawned on me how very international an activity this was. Check this out:
I was watching an Italian skater perform to music with French lyrics at an international competition in South Korea.
The beautiful sweater I was knitting was being made with yarn from Uruguay (Malabrigo Rios) using a pattern written by a German designer (Isabell Kraemer) and knitting needles made in China (Chiaogoo). The stitch markers were ones that I made from hand blown beads made by an artist here in Colorado and Japanese seed beads.
I’m half Swedish, and my cat is an Ocicat, a breed developed from Siamese and Abyssinian cats.
Truly, truly, knitting is an international undertaking. Happy Ravellenics everyone, enjoy the weekend and the final days of the Olympics.
MacKenzie: Whatever. Can I have some cookies now?
Yarn, Books & Roses 
I love your sweater! The pockets are fantastic. Way to go crossing the finish line! Cookies for everyone:)
It’s amazing how international our lives have become.
I love the pockets. I was a little concerned about the ribbing, but there is a row of knitting and the bind-off to open it up so that the sweater hangs nicely. I’m looking forward to showing it off to knitting buddies next Wednesday.
It looks great!!!!
Thanks!!
The sweater looks GREAT! I’m SO glad you decided to give the Ravellenics a try! You made a LOT more progress than me (although I DID finish a WIP that has been lurking for awhile now….)! It’s so much fun to watch the Olympics and knit, isn’t it?!?!
I’m glad that I did it too. I’ve always used the Olympics to get some major knitting donde, but this time I had the fun of a team and there’s a medal coming. 😀
I love your new sweater! I like the easy neckline and those pockets. What a great colorway too.
Thanks. That’s what drew me to the pattern. The neckline is going to be really easy to wear, the raglan sleeves are super comfy, and then there’s the pockets. I love pockets!!
Beautiful sweater, can’t wait to see it in person.
Interesting thoughts on international knitting, I will have to do some thinking on that.
(Your BKB is half Italian)
Italian! I never guess that. Can’t wait to show off the sweater… hopefully next week.