Carmela...she is done. I didn't block it. Besides, I had already bought the zipper. Anyhow, I sewed the zipper in yesterday, and other than being sorta blurpy and bulgy, it worked out rather well. I think what I might do is throw this in the wash and the dryer and see what happens.
Overall the fit isn't as bad as I thought it would be, now that it has a closure. The neck/yoke thing is definitely weird, but I'm willing to live with it. The rest of the sweater is exactly what I wanted...a sorta cardi/jackety thing. The sleeves are dead on in length and the whole thing is rather cozy and warm.
The only mod. I made was to do a zipper rather than buttons, and other than that, I followed the pattern as written, a first for me. Length is good, I enjoyed knitting this and my only complaint was that the yarn amounts in the pattern are incorrect. I ended up needing 9 balls of the Patons Chunky Tweeds rather than the 7 the pattern called for. If you end up knitting this, be mindful that the amount needed for the Shetland Chunky and the Chunky Tweeds are mixed up. If you look at the yardage for each, you'll see that they've made a mistake.
Anyhow, I'm eyeing up the other sweaters in this booklet. I'm thinking Nicole's Cardigan might be next. I love this yarn for its versatility, affordability and for how quickly it knits up. We shall see. I might see if I can get my LYS to put the chunky on sale again sometime soon!!! Hehehehehe...
That's all for now. Until later...
