Ta da!!! My finished Owls jumper!
This is a speedy knit, and even though I only picked it up for an hour or two here and there, two weeks later and it was all knitted up... A week later and I'd actually finished it.
The only changes I'd made were to use less decreases and increases on the back, but I kinda wish I hadn't now as it feels like the decreases are in the wrong place, leaving a baggy bit...
But that is after 2 days of wearing it so it did stretch out a bit. If you look closely you can see the stripes I used to blend the two yarn colours together, it looks subtle enough that it's not an obvious change in colour (bullet dodged) but it was a pain in the ass to do. Without this striping this pattern is obscenely easy to do.
I love the yoke construction, the owls over the shoulders are really flattering, and while I thought the bulky yarn would feel too... Well... Bulky, it's actually just lovely and snuggly!
I will definately make this again (usingthe same dye lot for all of the balls of yarn), but I might go for the full decrease increase process on the back next time.
The eyes I am really in love with. I had a pack of vintage buttons already in my stash that I knew would be perfect. I think they look like the owls have stars in their eyes...
And I think it was absolutely worth spending the time to sew them on, they really make the owls come to life. I did only have 20 buttons though so the eyes run accross the front and over the right shoulder only. I like to think it has a jaunty angle feel to it.
The wool is lovely but it snags easily, so I'm going to be really careful with this jumper, and wear it shed loads.
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