Good grief! Finished knitting! In roughly the order they appear in class (which is not necessarily the order they were actually finished), I present the finished pieces that I still have*:

Year 1, project 1 (2?), the Incredibly Evil Top Down Raglan Which Will Never Be Worn (and which is also not quite finished, but so close! So close and yet… I hate it so much I can’t bring myself to actually finish the sleeves, which is all that is left. Really. Look at the sleeves. The are SO damn close to done. Yet there is the hate. So much loathing. Blech. Hate). The yarn is, um, that stuff? from the front of the store? you know the stuff. Lara? help me out here. Ooh! Briggs & Little. The scratchy stuff that will soften up some day, I’ve been assured. Smells like sheep. Scratchy sheep.

Next up was the Vest, which went to The Best Physical Therapist EVER. No decent picture exists. I’ll work on that.

Year 1, project 3 was the Round Neck Pullover. Which will also never be worn. Which needs to be (gasp!) ripped out and reknit. At a different gauge. I am reasonably fond of the yarn (Ultra Alpaca from Berrocco), although it does tend to get big globs of fuzz on it, but this was knit at too loose a gauge for it, and it grows like a mofo across the neck and shoulders when worn. Alas. Original pattern was out of one of the Japanese knitting books. Let’s Knit #10, probably.

Followed by the Year 1, project 4, the V-Neck Pullover. Yarn is Blue Moon Fiber Arts WooBoo, a divine wool/bamboo blend. This one is one that I actually wear rather a lot during the colder months. It’s just about perfect.

The super shallow v-neck which turned out exactly as I had hoped it would:

Year 1, project 5 was the Round Neck Cardigan, which was done for O, and which has been worn almost to tatters. She will undoubtedly have outgrown it by winter, which is ok, since there’s another one for her on the needles at the moment. Again? No picture.

Y1, P6 was the V-Neck Cardigan. This was the project that I had knit the entire body of, and got to rip out in class. Jean made me. I was, mind you, SO over ripping out at that point that it didn’t even phase me. Yep, ok, rip rip rip riiiiiipppppp. Start over from scratch. I was pretty sure that this one was going to be another one for the “never gonna wear it” pile, even after it was finished, but I ended up grabbing it to try on one last time a few weeks ago, and discovered that I really actually kind of like it. Sort of.

And I do absolutely love the buttons:

There are two more year 1 projects that I haven’t even started yet. The crocheted tank and the final project. There has been no progress on either yet, so don’t ask.

Up next: Year 2. Momentarily.

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