Um, so I started and finished a sweater without taking the chance to blog about it. I had been mildly thinking about knitting Cobblestone for NaKniSweMo, but at the beginning of November I was in the middle of other projects. I finally cast on on November 15, and I finished it exactly a week later, on Thanksgiving.
Pattern: Cobblestone by Jared Flood, from Interweave Knits Fall 07
Yarn: Green Mountain Spinnery Green Mountain Green, 8 skeins
Needles: US 8, Knit Picks Harmony Circulars
Time to Knit: Nov 15 - 22
My gauge was looser than recommended, and I wanted a smaller sweater anyway, so I recalculated the number of stitches I needed to cast on, and followed the basic length measurements for the smallest size. I also added waist shaping to make the sweater a little more girly. At the end, I did the final four rows of stockinette after the last short row so that I had a little more open neck.
Dark grey has always been a comfort color for me. With Cobblestone, I was just going for a comfy, warm sweater. I love this yarn! It's so soft and squooshy. I loved knitting with it, and I love the finished product. I'm really happy that I have another sweater's worth of this yarn in my stash!
I haven't done any calculations to see how many stitches this sweater is (NaKniSweMo specifices 50,000 stitches), but since it only took a week I can't say that it matters to me very much! Yay for quick knits!
I love the grey, and it looks great on you. One week! That's amazing!
Posted by: kim | December 01, 2007 at 11:20 PM
It looks great!! Funny how I had to close up the neck for the boy and you wanted it wider. Gotta love the one week sweater. :)
Posted by: Jessica | December 02, 2007 at 08:15 AM
WOW! That is one quick knit and so beautiful! Good job.
Posted by: margene | December 02, 2007 at 09:14 AM
Whoa! A week? That's amazing, even if the sweater sucked. Which is didn't. Which makes it even more amazing!
Posted by: Liz K. | December 02, 2007 at 09:26 AM
Wowza! It looks gorgeous! I am also shocked that you managed to knit it in so little time. It fits you perfectly!
Posted by: Anne | December 02, 2007 at 09:38 AM
Very nice! And very fast! That's a great colour, and it looks very soft and cuddly -- a perfect winter sweater.
Posted by: Dave | December 02, 2007 at 09:38 AM
I love it! Great job. You can just see how cozy it is!
Posted by: Beth | December 02, 2007 at 09:53 AM
It looks fabulous. It's such a great pattern, too. I fully expect to be making one myself one of these days (grin). And yes, I think of gray as a comfort color, too.
Posted by: --Deb | December 02, 2007 at 10:13 AM
A week?! Wow! Very impressive:) The sweater is gorgeous!
Posted by: stacey | December 02, 2007 at 10:19 AM
Shut up -- you made that in a week?!? You speed demon, you. It came out great. Your mods are fanastic. It does look super comfy while tidy and flattering, too.
Posted by: Jean | December 02, 2007 at 11:01 AM
Wow, only one week? That's impressive! It looks great on you! I love the look of Cobblestone, and hope to knit another one for myself in a tweedier yarn one of these days.
Posted by: whitney | December 02, 2007 at 11:26 AM
One week - that's awesome! It looks totally warm and cozy - perfect for winter.
Posted by: Ann | December 02, 2007 at 11:33 AM
This is awesome! It looks great on you! What a perfect winter sweater! I wish I could knit that fast!
Posted by: Diana | December 02, 2007 at 11:37 AM
it looks fabulous! i can only imagine how great the yarn feels too. and i'm still impressed you finished it in a week!
Posted by: jody | December 02, 2007 at 11:42 AM
Damn - one week?!? I'm impressed. Even more impressed that it's so cozy and cute and knit up so quickly!
Posted by: Ariel | December 02, 2007 at 01:11 PM
love it! and so quick!
Posted by: Kelly | December 02, 2007 at 01:21 PM
You look stunning!
[How are the wedding plans going?]
Posted by: Nora | December 02, 2007 at 03:44 PM
Awesome! I love your Cobblestone. That was truly a quick knit. It looks great on you!
Posted by: Kim | December 02, 2007 at 04:14 PM
Wow that is a speedy knit. It looks great. Nice and comfy and warm and just right for winter!
Posted by: Bea | December 02, 2007 at 07:06 PM
WOW! I'm going to forward this post to a friend who is working on this sweater right now. Really great! Makes me want to rethink making this for my husband!
Posted by: Tanya | December 02, 2007 at 08:01 PM
I love it - looks fabulous!
Posted by: Ruth | December 02, 2007 at 08:22 PM
wow - that is one quick knit! love the waist shaping and the color - it goes with everything! :)
Posted by: stacey | December 03, 2007 at 09:45 AM
That's one wonderful sweater!
Posted by: Amy | December 03, 2007 at 12:49 PM
So quick and so cute! This might be the nicest female-adaptation I've seen.
Posted by: Stella | December 03, 2007 at 01:01 PM
Good work! It looks cozy and fabulous. I feel like I should start my Cobblestone! And let me just say, your last past on running for yarn, it's kind of brilliant. I need to come up with something similar.
Posted by: nova | December 03, 2007 at 03:16 PM
Holy heck! A beautiful sweater knit so quickly. I'm so impressed!
Posted by: tiennie | December 03, 2007 at 05:22 PM
You knit that in a week?!... Okay, this one is going in my queue. A little instant gratification is a fine thing!
And it looks great on you! I share your enthusiasm for the deep greys, btw. :-)
Posted by: Beth S. | December 06, 2007 at 12:09 PM
Beautiful!!
And quick...geez. 1 week? Nice.
Posted by: Sunflowerfairy | December 07, 2007 at 10:48 PM