Finally Finished

The first time I showed you this sweater, 

 it looked like this.

 Then I finally finished the body. I was so happy when I got to this point.

 One sleeve was finished and the other was well on its way. I felt even happier!!

And now today!!!!!!!!!!

 She's all finished. I'm so very happy!!!

 A view of the back.

The sweater that is pictured in the Vogue Knitting magazine is wonderful, but when I finished it, I felt that it needed something to finish off the hem,

 so I knitted the cable that you see in the above photo and attached it. I like it a lot better.

 The cuffs are so lovely. I love how the cables continue into the cuffs.

The body of the sweater has actually been finished for quite a while, but I just wasn't sure how I wanted to do the closure. A trip to Soutache produced the buttons. They're sticks....really....sticks! I could have made them myself, but then I would have had to sit and sand and varnish them. It was so much easier to buy them. I really like the rustic feel.

 All I ended up doing was a small I-cord that I sewed on and twisted to mimic the cables.

Now she's all ready to wear! I think I'll let her make her maiden appearance tomorrow.
When I started the sweater, I shared that I had always felt that once I made this sweater that I would have reached the pinnacle of knitting. Once I started, it just wasn't as difficult as I had thought, but then again, that's how it usually is with anything we think is going to be monumental. All I had to do was get started.