I did finish Jenny on Friday night although it has to be said that it involved staying up rather later than I had thought as I moved the buttons around constantly and was never quite happy with the result.
These are the buttons that I bought from Libertys last week. I was really happy as I was expecting to have real trouble finding buttons of the right colour and right size and yet there they were, the first buttons I saw and they go perfectly.
If I can get any of the Liberty girls to take a decent picture of me wearing Jenny, then I put it up here. There's also a picture of the charm label that I need to take (it was part of my birthday present from Jacinta and it's really sweet).
As a quick update on other projects: Fruity is off the needles and in need of some blocking and finishing (a weekend job), the husband's sweater is finished but there are still about a trillion ends to sew in (I want to get it finished for his trip to NY this week but somehow I think that might not happen) and I have cast on two new projects (one big, one small) about which I shall tell you more soon.
Posted by Amelia at September 7, 2005 06:56 AMWhat a beautiful sweater! I am so jealous. I attempted my first sweater for Elena this Summer and it is a disaster. I have a very hard time following patterns in books. When are you coming to SF to tutor me? I've now resorted to knitting ponchos instead!
Posted by: Marivi at September 10, 2005 11:43 PMThat looks lovely- such a pretty colour and well made.
Posted by: Kathleen at September 9, 2005 06:03 PMOH my, this is fab! You've done such a perfect job, it's so beautiful!!! xx
Posted by: Anna at September 9, 2005 03:59 PMamelia - GREAT job. i am sooo impressed! looks great.
Posted by: carolyn at September 8, 2005 02:00 PMPerfection, Amelia! :-)
Posted by: L-B at September 8, 2005 12:47 PMOh, it's lovely! I wouldn't want to take her off either, if I were you. Looking forward to seeing your Fruity and hub's sweater.
Cheers-
Oh, it's lovely! I wouldn't want to take her off either, if I were you. Looking forward to seeing your Fruity and hub's sweater.
Cheers-
Oh, it's lovely! I wouldn't want to take her off either, if I were you. Looking forward to seeing your Fruity and hub's sweater.
Cheers-
What a finishing phase you're having! Jenny looks lovely, much better than in the Rowan magazine, and really suits you; maybe you could make another one in a different colour?
Dawn
Posted by: dawn at September 8, 2005 12:30 AMJenny looks fabulous, it really does. You can't see it learly in the magazine and it is the first one I've seen completed and I love it!
Posted by: francoise at September 7, 2005 11:12 PMAmelia,
Jenny looks wonderful. I really love the colors. What is the name of the blue that you used?
I don't blame you for not wanting to take it off, it looks so good. I love the scoop neck, a really nice addition to your wardrobe as it looks like it would go with practically anything.
Posted by: Tracy at September 7, 2005 08:55 PMOh Amelia, it looks beautiful on you! A perfect fit! And I love the blue and brown combination.
Posted by: Felicia at September 7, 2005 05:55 PMlooks gorgeous on you my dear, bad hair or not :) which anyways I dont believe.
Posted by: stinkerbell at September 7, 2005 04:52 PMFabulous Amelia. I love that neckline on you.
Posted by: carol at September 7, 2005 01:50 PMYou made a superb job on Jenny Amelia!
Posted by: Maggie at September 7, 2005 01:13 PMIt look gorgeous on you Amelia. Really love the colours. And the neck line really suits you.
Sarah
Posted by: Sarah at September 7, 2005 11:39 AMFabulous! I love the buttons. They are perfect with the sweater.
Posted by: diana at September 7, 2005 11:37 AMwhat a fantastic sweater! looks great. love those buttons.
Posted by: froggy at September 7, 2005 10:22 AMjenny looks fantastic amelia! even headless you look pretty gorgeous!
Posted by: jacqueline at September 7, 2005 10:22 AMOooh, I can't wait to see her in the flesh! See you tomorrow.
Posted by: Mary at September 7, 2005 10:03 AMJenny looks fabulous and the buttons finish it off nicely.
Posted by: Nichola at September 7, 2005 09:50 AM