Audrey A-Long

Audrey in Flamingo

Yes, I *always* wear Audrey when reading my daughter Disney princess stories at bedtime! ;-) As much as I hated the decreases in the pattern, I really do love the finished product. It was all worth it in the end. I think the sweater is a bit distracting to my husband, as every single photo he took outside was awful, and when I made him take a few more photos inside tonight he was only marginally better. Still, he loves the sweater and as you can see we had a good laugh!

Photos

Ok, I think I got a hang of it now. I'll start with a photo of my nice little Calmer yarn pile

Here's a photo of the finished back, unblocked

And here's a detail of the sleeve decrease

Left side decreases

Left side increases

A late joiner

I've been wanting to knit Audrey since I bought mag 35 in May last year, but Calmer is quite expensive here in Sweden, so I did't really feel like I could afford it.
Anyway, since I have the best friends ever, I got a gift certificate for the store in Stockholm that carries Rowan on my birthday in February! So I went a-shopping!
I decided on shade 464 because it looked like a nice spring-time greenish colour. When I saw it in proper daylight I was horrified! It's yellow! Me, wearing yellow!? Get out of here!
However, I think I've calmed down and decided it's not yellow. It's greenish-yellow. So there!

I've finished back and front, and with help from all you girls, I got through that without tears. I'm almost finished with first sleeve and it looks good, but it's awfully long!? But I suppose it has too be since it reaches over the shoulder...?

I wasn't able to upload any photos, I'll give it another try later. You can see some photos on my blog:
http://katarinawiberg.blogdrive.com