FO: Still Light

The never-ending sweater in sock yarn is finally finished!

It took me just about a month, which in retrospect is not a huge amount of time — I would have been able to do maybe two pairs of socks in that time, knitting steadily, and instead I knit the equivalent length of three pairs — but still. All that stockinette. And there's not even that much shaping to do, so it really is just the same knitting, around and around and around.

I am very glad that I twigged onto the gauge trouble and decided to omit the arm shaping. The upper arm is the only area where the gauge demon turned out to be a problem, but even then it's not horrible — the yarn does stretch and I don't mind tight sleeves. (I usually have the opposite problem on sweaters, which I hate.)

It is not quite finished yet. I haven't found a nice button for the back (which isn't strictly necessary, anyway, I don't think), and I need to make a decision as to whether I should sew the pockets to the body, and where to do so. Before I do the latter, though, I wanted to wear the sweater a few times just to see how the pockets work best.

It is the perfect weight for now, and I am kind of sad that I don't have another one ... but I don't think I will be knitting another sweater on wee needles any time soon.

Details:
Pattern: Still Light tunic by Veera Välimäki (Rav link; she doesn't have a web site)
Yarn: Malabrigo Sock in Alcaucil, 3 skeins, knit with 2.75mm needles

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And I think that will be the last FO post until Christmas, unless I manage to finally finish the Aeolian shawl, which is unlikely at best. I am now onto Super Secret Christmas Knitting, which I have dragged myself into kicking and screaming, as there are of course other things that I would rather knit (specifically, things for myself). So it's probably a good thing I haven't got the Habu yet ... but oh boy am I thinking about it.