Fair Isle 2: Oh My Goodness, It's Finished

This is my most ambitious kniting project to date. It's the Bessie (girls) Sweater, and it literally took me months.

I took a fair isle class. I was feeling confident. I made my own charted colors, I changed the pattern so I could knit it in the round, and I started. And it all became very difficult. I think I unraveled 1 in every 6 rows I knitted. Maybe I just wasn't in the right frame of mind? In the end, I learned a lot, but I'm not sure (with the knitting and the blocking and the finishing) that the proportions are at all correct.

I guess I'll have to wait for the recipient's mom to send me a photo of the special girl in this sweater. Tiny sleaves, a big body, a gaping neck, it's all very possible. And yet, now as I write this, I'm thinking of my next fair isle project, this time for myself! It's amazing how the burn of a creative project wears right off with new inspiration...