Thursday 21 May 2015

Tiglar complete!

Ta Dah!  My Tiglar sweater is complete and now gifted so I can put it on my blog :)  Mot sure that my photos do it justice but anyway this first one is one I took the day I finished it - a lovely sunny Spring day!  (not sure what's happened to our weather since then - it's almost back to Winter now, so good lopapeysa weather) . . .



All in all, I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out - it was a perfect fit as I used an existing sweater as a template.  The only finishing to do once I'd completed the pattern was to graft the underarm stitches together using kitchener stitch (and darn in loose ends of course). This is a technique I'm well used to during my sock knitting so it stood me in good stead - I still follow written instructions for it though!  It gives a lovely neat finish and it worked well - no lumpy, bulky underarm seams. 

Love that this style of sweater is done entirely in the round and in one piece - I'd definitely make another one :)

If you're thinking of making a lopapeysa, I'd definitely recommend giving it a go - they're great fun and quite straightforward (you might need good arm and shoulder muscles though - they become quite heavy by the time you reach the neck shaping!)

See you soon!
Alison x

7 comments:

Sam Findlay said...

It looks amazing, well done!

Gaia said...

So pretty !!

homemade@myplace said...

WOW!!!! really good job Ali!!!! congratulations, xxxxxx Ale

Biba said...

Oh my goodness, Alison, this is absolutely gorgeous! Congratulations, this is no 'amateur stuff'! :)

fairislerona said...

Looks great Alison, hope its not worn too many days at the moment or are your 'Summers' that cold on Lewis? x

Emma-Jayne said...

Oh its a beauty! Weather here has been pretty wintery too but the sun graced good old Aberdeenshire with a visit today... going to have a look at that sweater pattern. Although as I've yet to master in the round knitting it may be a while before I start it haha. Thanks for the inspiration x

Claire said...

Wow, it looks amazing Alison, you are such a clever thing......I imagine it will get plenty of wear in your climate.
Have a great weekend....xx