blues: inside and out
Outside, steam rises off the deep blue lake. Heat is all relative when the air temperature is -18 degrees F. Needless to say I didn't stay outside for long.
Inside, the blue cable sweater is finished. For the second time. I ended up getting help at the local knitting shop, thanks in part to all of the encouraging comments and emails. Picking up stitches isn't that scary after all. Even if there are over thirty to pick up...
ok, that's cold.
So so proud of you for fixing the sweater!! It looks great.
Posted by: Sarah Jackson | 21 January 2008 at 07:48 PM
aw....
that's so cute!
Posted by: gkgirl | 21 January 2008 at 08:09 PM
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is great. I am so excited for you...another milestone.
Love,
E
Posted by: Elizabeth | 21 January 2008 at 08:40 PM
hooray for you and the sweater! and i'll stop talking about our cold (22 degrees) weather now.
Posted by: emily | 21 January 2008 at 09:19 PM
great sweater, nice job looks really good
Posted by: knit, crochet, stitch, stick | 22 January 2008 at 01:38 AM
Beautiful sweater and well worth the perseverance...well done for sticking with it. Very cute pattern, what is it ?
PS I am having similar knitting horror so I know what it's like !!
Posted by: asti | 22 January 2008 at 06:27 AM
sorry, just seen where the pattern is from, thats what I get for posting in a hurry ;)
Posted by: asti | 22 January 2008 at 06:41 AM
the sweater is darling! hooray for you!
Posted by: erin | 22 January 2008 at 06:57 AM
That's a pretty sweet sweater. Hopefully it keeps him warm until this crazy cold passes on.
Posted by: Tracy | 22 January 2008 at 07:31 AM
beautiful photos. so glad you finished the sweater, it looks great.
Posted by: julia | 22 January 2008 at 11:26 AM
The sweater looks really good. Enjoying your postings. I have linked over to you. Just started myself. Have a nice evening.
Posted by: retrorose | 22 January 2008 at 05:40 PM
Oh, you are my hero. I really should go to my local yarn shop and get some pro advice.. but I am too much of a chicken so I just muddle along on my own. The sweater looks grand.
Posted by: h. | 22 January 2008 at 08:37 PM
oh, i love love love it!
and that sweet little face. it's all too cute!
Posted by: leslie | 22 January 2008 at 09:37 PM
I love the sweater!! I'm happy for you that you were able to finish it.
Posted by: amanda | 22 January 2008 at 09:42 PM
I was thinking about how the Lake steams in winter a couple of days ago and I was going to dig out some photos. You are braver than I am Sarah, as I had no intention of going down by the water to take some new ones!
I love that sweater ~ well done!
Marie x
Posted by: Wild Rose | 23 January 2008 at 06:08 AM
hooray! good for you! You must be so happy with your work!
We're sitting at -33C with a windchill (that's -27F) today. At those temperatures, I don't really think it matters how cold it really is- it's JUST COLD!
Posted by: equisetaceae | 23 January 2008 at 10:11 AM
Congrats on the sweater - it is beautiful!
Posted by: Kim | 23 January 2008 at 03:33 PM
Wow, I thought it was cold here at 0 degrees! That picture captures the chilliness quite well. Love that sweater you knit---great work!
Posted by: Amber | 23 January 2008 at 04:06 PM
you, my friend, need to be selling those sweaters FOR A LOT OF $$$$$$! I love it
Posted by: jeanne | 23 January 2008 at 06:13 PM
That picture is stunning!
The sweater looks beautiful, classic both in style and color choice.
Posted by: anna | 25 January 2008 at 09:33 PM
I'm doing that thing I always do with you, Sarah! I read a post, assume I've commented on it, come back several days or a week later, and think, "Did I really comment on this or not?" Then I discover that it's "not." So, so sorry!
I hope everything is going well. I freaked out a little when you mentioned in a comment to me that you were having -60 temps. We used to live somewhere where -20 or -30 were pretty much de rigeur in the coldest months, but never, never was it -60.
I LOVE the sweater. I really need to get a project going around here. It's been hats, hats, hats, because they're quick and simple and don't use much yarn. But I need to get something a bit more substantial on the needles.
xoxox
Posted by: Grace | 28 January 2008 at 12:15 PM
We had that steam here too:
http://flickr.com/photos/acertainslantoflight/2203919357/
Posted by: Molly | 10 February 2008 at 11:13 PM