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Finally Finished!!

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Sun, 2006-11-12 09:19 — jimbo

Hello to all at Men Who Knit.

Firstly I'll just tell you that this is my first blog so I'll apologise now if I begin to waffle. Then I would like to congratulate my fellow men who knit for being part of such a fab website and enstilling a sense of community to those that thought they were alone!

Anyway, I have finally finished both my major projects; these being a jumper and jacket for myself! I used patterns from the Jaegar Handknits book. The jumper is titled Bowie as is made in Jaegar Merino DK (shade = Granite) and the jacket is titled Jethro and is made in Jaegar Extra Fine Merino DK (shade = Tweed). I am really pleased with the outcome of both projects even though they look good, they feel even better and are extremely warm. The yarn costs alot (in excess of £200 for both items) but I feel was worth this cost this time. It took several months to make them both and only a few hours to put together (by my partner Jason - as I dont do sewing!). I hope you like them and I have more photos of them but not sure how to upload them onto the site, any help would be gratefully received.

Thanks
Jimbo aka James

Comments

Sun, 2006-11-12 18:04 — grandcarriage
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They look wonderful. I

They look wonderful. I especially like the jacket. I may need to knit one for myself... (Just one more project to do....sigh).

Sun, 2006-11-12 10:03 — kiwiknitter
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Gorgeous! The cable design

Gorgeous! The cable design is beautiful and strong. This looks very warm and I like the collar on it. I don't sew either, BTW, so we'll have to teach you circular seamless knitting! The wool may have been a bit dear but the final products are worth so much more! You do great work!

My knitting is totally tubular!