The Cats Are Out

I nearly can not believe it myself. My jacket is finally finished. The finishing was a kind of pulling my hair out experience.... First of all I forgot to move the sidemarks before sewing the steeks - I remembered it after I cut it open for the sleeves. I was then wondering if a wig would be a choice if all the hair was gone...

And the jacket was a little too small. BUT, I am a modern woman - I have an iron. And decided to leave my hair where it was - still on my head.

With a wet cloth and the hottest setting I manage to get it bigger and not that strange looking from the wrong placed sidemarks.

Wool is always on your side - or was it on the sheeps side or back? Or whatever... LOL!

I must say I love the colors. I never thought they would look that good together and they certainly take away the small errors from my sight. I tried a new way of knitting the edges.

I hate purling pattern so I decided to knit them in the round. After all I wanted pattern on both sides, and my name and 2012 knitted into them. I picked up stitches and added six more for steeks and knitted the edges.

After binding off I sew and cut it open. It was so lovely to knit in the round.

But I managed to knit too tight, and the edges had to be blocked over night to get the right shape.

I was about to leave the jacket way back in a closet and starting pulling that hair after all. But I am not good at giving up and wanted that hair - so I thought that I would finish it once and for all.

No matter the outcome. Happily after adding the clasps - the jacket is fine. I actually love it - I think... There are a lot of hours knitted into my new jacket. It is always lovely to finish a work like this. But most of all the work preparing for the colors, pattern and all the rest together is a fun part of it all.

The road of life twist and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.

Don Williams Jr.

The Stitch Story
Yarn: Pt2 from Rauma
Needles: 2.5mm
Size: M (I think)
Pattern: Modified from pamphlet 1235 Rauma (Snodige katter)
Other materials: Cloak clasps
Ravelry link: Knitting Cats And Dogs

This polymer clay bracelet made a while ago, is a match for my new jacket.