As far as charity knitting is concerned, this sweater for afghans for Afghans (AFA) was the most rewarding project I've knit. I took on the sweater as a challenge to myself, there was a need for the sweaters and the US deadline was October 14. I finished the sweater on October 13, e-mailed AFA and they said just ship it out to CA and they will get it in time to go to Afghanistan. Phew! I had fun with the whole random stripe thing using the dice (see previous post) and I used up a bunch of yarn in my stash. Most rewarding of all is that it gives me a great feeling to know that the sweater will help keep a child warm this winter. 
T was cooperative enough to try it on for me while she was playing in the leaves. I really like the way the colors worked out, even though I ran out of options at the yoke and had to finish up the top-most knitting with purple. It was a pain to knit in all the ends. I really do need to learn the technique of weaving them in as you knit.
4 comments:
Cute kid, nice sweater! good going!
It looks awesome!
(So now that this is finished, what's next for your needles?)
what Marsha asked.
Next will be a sweater for me, but I may not cast on until after the holidays. Now I'm working on mittens for the girls and some other quick knits!
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