FO: My Savage Heart
This was my other Rhinebeck Sweater!
- Ravelry Project Page: Savage Heart
- Pattern: Savage Heart Cardigan by Amy Christoffers
- Yarn: Dale Garn Sisik (discontinued)
- Needles: US 8 & 6
- Start to Finish: June 30 - October 17, 2018
I can't believe that's my first FO since August! Well, I guess I can... the days have been flying and the knitting has been limited, for one reason or another. That said, I'm wearing another FO around my neck today, fresh from a Sunday soak & dry, which will debut here later this week.
I think I'm pretty happy with it!! The yarn was acquired a few years ago from another blogger's stash sale. I'd used the same yarn to make a baby hat, and really liked it. It's been waiting for a purpose since then (and I still have a couple/few balls left). The mohair makes it the tiniest bit scratchy around my neck when I first put it on, but it's generally OK; it's also the mohair that also gives it the tiniest bit of a halo. And then there are all the bits & bobs of color.
I was wearing it here (and for most of the day) comfortably with a short-sleeved shirt underneath. It's very cozy. The center-back detail is also at center-front, but it's easier to see on the back. It's fairly subtle except for this area, and even that all but disappears if I'm wearing a dark shirt.
Now that looks like the perfect fall sweater, with the bits of color and mohair! Pretty soon you'll be wearing it with a turtleneck underneath, but let's not talk about that yet. Congratulations on a lovely FO!
Posted by: Bonny | 29 October 2018 at 01:12 PM
I love it! It's perfect!!
Posted by: Kat | 29 October 2018 at 01:51 PM
That looks wonderful! Great job and I bet you'll wear this a LOT.
Posted by: Carole | 29 October 2018 at 02:44 PM
That is a beautiful sweater. I am a super slow knitter, wish I could get faster.
blessings
~*~
Posted by: laura | 29 October 2018 at 04:30 PM
Awesome finish ... and debut, Vicki! I do love the yarn; those bits of color against the deep blue recall all the best parts of fall. Wear it well, my friend!
Posted by: Mary | 29 October 2018 at 04:33 PM
It looks great, Vicki! I just love all those bits and blobs of color mixed in with that blue. FABULOUS!
XO
Posted by: Kym | 29 October 2018 at 05:03 PM
It’s great looking, especially the yarn, sorta ‘tweed-like’.
I thought about that pattern, did you find the adult size as easy as the kid’s?
Posted by: Annette | 29 October 2018 at 05:42 PM
Love the sweater! How's the shoulder????
Posted by: Susanne Scheurwater | 29 October 2018 at 05:56 PM
The color and the sheen of that yarn are just fabulous and details of the pattern really cool. Savage Heart looks like a great sweater to wear in all occasions and I'm happy to hear it had a great time at Rhinebeck.
I love the term "bits and bobs", which I used in a letter to a friend and she just laughed and laughed. "Where'd you get that saying?" I had no idea, but here you are using it. Wonder just where I did pick it up.
Posted by: margene | 30 October 2018 at 08:16 AM
Love how it looks on you. The colored bits give it a dress up look while it is still a casual sweater. Wear it in good health (a Yiddish saying)
Posted by: Robin F | 30 October 2018 at 10:34 AM
GORGEOUS!!! Love this sweater Vicki!
Posted by: Vera | 31 October 2018 at 09:21 AM
Really pretty Vicki!
Posted by: Patty | 31 October 2018 at 11:52 AM