This is a follow up to my previous thread 'Starting a Sweater' posted when TSP was in its infancy. Yes, it has taken me 6 months. I'm not really such a slow knitter but I don't really knit much through the summer so it had got as far as needing the sleeves then got put down again until recently.
Although I've been knitting since the age of 4 this is a first for me - first time using cable to knit in the round, first time doing magic loop, first time knitting a sweater entirely in the round and first time knitting any garment top down. I'm really pleased with the way it has turned out and I like the fact that you can try it on as you go and of course that there is no sewing up, just 6 ends to sew in.
I've given it a cool hand wash and gentle steam to even up the stitches - when I started there were some wibbly stitches where the loops of the cable split the round but I got better at tensioning the yarn as I went along. I can still see the line but hopefully no one will be looking that closely at me to notice it or if they are I hope it is someone who knows me very well.
I think another time I would not have the break points down the centre front and centre back but put them where they would notice less. I feel a bit daft to say that I have only just discovered stitch markers. I knew that they existed but have not previously found the need to use them. I can see them being very useful in knitting of this kind.
The pattern is a Drops Design one and the yarn is Drops Cotton Merino which is lovely to knit with and very soft - I can wear it against my skin and there's not many fibres I can say that about.