I have a confession.  I’ve never finished a knit sweater.  I have started two vintage patterns, probably a dozen pet sweaters, and have completed the Heliopath – Luna’s vest from the Harry Potter Knitting book, but never actually successfully knitted something that wasn’t an accessory.

At any rate – I saw a Knitterly ad on Facebook for this sweater when I was in Iowa in May – I LOVED IT.  I quickly found Drea Renee’s website and now am a cult fan. I’m probably in 30 hours on this sweater in total.  I have 2 inches of ribbing on the body, 7 inches on each sleeve, and then the neck ribbing to complete. I’m guessing another 5-10 hours.

Specs on Time/Cost during WIP

• Total Time:  so far ~30 hour
• Total Cost:  $7 Pattern + $40 for 8 balls of MillaMia from loveknitting.com 

Supplies List

• 8 balls of MillaMia Merino Fingering weight yarn
• So Faded Pattern
• Circular Needles

Random Comments about pattern:

• super easy make one left/right increase pattern
• loved the in-pattern commentary about color changing and tips for success
• love the texture of the sleeves being garter stitch
• I did have a confusion point on the sleeves, as written in the pattern I felt they were not symmetrical – but decided to make the sleeve location on the body symmetrical and feel that was the right thing.  It probably was what the pattern had meant, but of course I interpreted differently as there were no corrections online regarding this.
• Drea Renee – available I reached out to her about the sleeves (albeit not helpful in my description!) but she replied.