Almost finishes

Below are a couple of projects that I am almost finished with. First is a man's sweater done from the top town using K1C2's Paint Box yarn. The yarn is very woolly and has a felted feel (like Noro Kureyon's) and so does not feel very good against the skin. However, this sweater will be worn on top of something, so this is not a big issue. Pattern is from page 76 of Mary Rich Goodwin's book on seamless top-down sweaters called "Sweaters for everyone: Kids to Adults".

Second is a Jo Sharp cardigan using her fabulous New Zealand dk wool yarn. This yarn is like butter to work with. Done flat in pieces, it has a fifty row pattern repeat and frequent color changes in stripes. I have to say that I love doing colorwork, but stripes done flat is my least favorite. Even carrying the yarns on the sides do not eliminate all the ends that will have to be darned in later. Nonetheless, this has turned out to be a great cardigan and I can't wait to finish it.