YIPPEE!
Yes, I did do it. Finished the Einstein coat/sweater for Sarah to take back to Philly with her. Turned out very nice if I do say so myself. Only thing not pleased with completely are the buttons and may have to find some others to replace them. It took 7 skeins of the Noro Kochoran yarn. I made it shorter than what the Sally Melville pattern in the Knit Stitch called for because I didn’t really want a coat length, that is when I was planning on wearing it. Ahem! Definitely a fun sweater to knit, to keep one in progress for when you’re traveling and need mindless knitting. Barbara at KnitXperience showed off her lovely Einstein coat, a full coat. Outstanding!
After knitting what seemed like non-stop on this sweater and a bunch of fingerless mitts for Christmas presents, i decided my hands needed a rest. That lasted about 6 hours max, until the hands and needles were going again. How about you? Did you get worn out knitting Christmas gifts or are you still going strong?
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Caroline,
Congratulations for finishing the Einstein sweater. It is beautiful! Hope your holidays were joyous.
Mary
January 8th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Caroline — the coat/sweater is beautiful! It is inspiring me to undertake a coat of some description before Spring gets here and I don’t want to touch wool for a while!
In answer to your question, yes, I got burned out on Christmas gifts, and in fact I still have one promised cowl to go (not exactly a gift, but promised when everyone else in the room had unwrapped a handknit item while she was holding a piece of her silverware!) Have to say, I wanted to set fire to my copy of the Maine Morning Mitts pattern after making 20+ pairs in 2008, so I tried a different (cabled!) pattern for the first pair of 2009 — and, I started a list for my “New Year selfish knitting”. I’m happy to say I’m about 3/8 done on the first item, a Nomad hat and scarf for me! Next up, finally, that sweater from CF yarn — I think I’ve had the yarn in the stash since November of 2005!