Finished!

 

I've finished my Scéal Grá pullover!  I am planning on wearing this Christmas day, so it feels good to have it off the needles and blocked.  I knit this for the Eat.Sleep.Knit fourth quarter KAL and I knit it in Shibui Knits Lunar and Silk Cloud, both in the Deep Water colorway, held together.  (The color is not quite as dark as navy blue, but it has a little bit of green in it too.  It's hard to get just right in photos, but this top photo is probably the most accurate, colorwise.)

Double stranding my yarns slowed my knitting down quite a bit and working the 3 into 7 cluster stitches with two strands was borderline psychotic, but I'm thrilled with the finished sweater.  I didn't do the body increases or the flounce as the pattern was written, but just knit straight from the yoke.  I did do the short rows to shape the back of the pullover, making it longer than the front.

The pattern called for i-cord bind offs at all of the edges, but I only worked them at the lower hem and the sleeve hems.

I did a round of single crochet on the neckline just to keep things simple and focused on the lace.  I steam blocked the finished sweater to smooth everything out and open up the lace.

I loved this pattern and I'm very happy with the finished sweater.  I also plan to use this pairing of yarns again at some point because it's just crazy soft and fluffy, but I think I'm going to knit something single stranded in a heavier weight yarn next.