Crazy Aurora 8's Raglan

Posted on January 25, 2006 by knittingpatterns4you | 8 Comments

So remember I showed you this picture of yarn ends in December?

It took me long enough, but here's an FO shot of my Crazy Aurora 8's Raglan!

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It took forEVER to weave in all those damn ends. What was I thinking??? I hate weaving in ends. HATE. So much so, that I put it off, and put it off, and then put it off some more.

I started this pullover around September 1st. The knitting was done and it was even sewn together on September 15th. Sometime later I fixed the buttonband, bought and sewed on buttons (which I also hate doing), and tried it on to make sure it worked. But it took me until DECEMBER 26th to finally make myself weave in those ends! (not to mention it took until January 25th to take an FO photo, somehow it doesn't feel done until I do that anyway!).

Here's a not-great shot of it on me:

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The colors are more accurate in the first picture, this one has a strange sepia glow to it (you know I'd never manage to do that if I was actually going for that look).

For the buttonbands, I ended up crocheting a crazy made-up band. I worked a row of sc along each side of the split, then worked ch loops for the buttons. I wanted the green to show, so after I crocheted the loops, I made them thicker by working sl st's into each ch, so that the green shows around the buttons. I like the way it turned out, but it's not too neat. Since I knit the sweater fairly loosely (I did that on purpose to make it less warm), the stitches where I inserted the crochet hook stretched out, so they aren't as neat as I usually like my finishing to be (especially since I first knit a buttonband, ripped it out, and then crocheted into the same spaces). It'll have to do though, because this took long enough as it is!

I've worn it exactly once since I finished it, and I can't say it'll be getting much time in the handknit sweater rotation. It's too bright. Some part of me knew it all along. I'll wear it on days when I want to stand out. ;o)

Project specs:
Pattern: Made it up as I went along, basic shaped raglan
Yarn: Karabella Aurora 8 in 9 colors, 2 skeins each
Needles: US size 8
Started: September 1, 2005
Finished: December 26, 2005

Posted in Finished Knitting Projects


8 Responses

Mary
Mary

January 26, 2006

Terrific looking sweater! Wear on a dreary, gray cold winter day. The colors are the promise of Spring!

sedie
sedie

January 27, 2006

You did a fantastic job on that! I totally sympathize with you on the weaving, I hate it too, but look at the final result. . . if only we could see that as we weave!

Wanda
Wanda

January 26, 2006

I love it! The colors are awesome. I started to ask you if you would wear it much, but that’s too bad. It looks great on you too. I think you should wear it more often. You should want to stand out!

anmiryam
anmiryam

January 26, 2006

It’s a great fun sweater. I have a couple of pre-teens who would love to get their hands on it!

Siri
Siri

January 26, 2006

I LOOOOOVE IT! It’s really nicely made and fits SO well. Great button detail at the shoulder.
I understand about the bright colors. Not sure I could pull it off either, but it would be so nice in subtler colors. Would you consider knitting it again but in the round (or maybe it already was?), in subtler colors?
Well, I hope you have many days where you feel like standing out in the crowd.

Helene
Helene

January 26, 2006

Your sweater is looking great. Love the colours!

Julia
Julia

January 26, 2006

That’s such a cool sweater!! I absolutely love the raglan button band thing in general. It fits you very well, too. The sweater definitely deserves being worn a lot!

diana
diana

January 26, 2006

So cute! I love the colors and the button details. It was worth all the work.

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