I was hoping to finish my Dale of Norway tunic that I've been working on since January 1 during the Olympics... that marathon meld of great knitting and TV watching, but it didn't happen. I didn't miss by much though. I actually finished the body of the sweater during the Olympics, but didn't get the collar knit on and hemmed until March 1.
Oh well... I love, love, it! The colors seem so convey the idea of snow and iciness to me... still perfect for this time of year. So here is a photo of the finished body of the sweater.
We get much of our snowfall in February and March because that's when it finally "warms up" enough to snow! (Until I lived in Alaska, I didn't realize that it could be too COLD to get snow!) It's been snowing off and on now for two weeks and yesterday we had a blizzard!
Unusual... usually our snow falls without any accompanying wind. Here is my truck... I will have to get busy clearing it off since it was 16 degrees today... too cold for it to just melt off; I wish.
Here is the photo of the completed tunic and it fits perfectly. Waiting for a sunny day to get someone to take the photo of me wearing it. It was a gorgeous sunny day today too, but DH has a nasty cold and I didn't want him standing around outside in the cold and snow while I modeled my new sweater.
Since that is all finished, I started a Dale of Norway bunny hat to match this sweater for my grand daughter... photos of the hat to follow.
Absolutely gorgeous!
Posted by: Anne | March 08, 2010 at 03:26 AM
Congrats, Carolyn. It looks fantastic. In my Dale scale, this along with the Polar Bear are the most challenging requiring the knitter to concentrate throughout the whole project.
Since I know that stranding is your "first love", I think it is great that you can at least knit the Dales for the grandchildren.
Posted by: Marina | March 08, 2010 at 04:21 AM
Carolyn- One of the most impressive Dales I've seen-well done.
Posted by: Lorraine | March 09, 2010 at 07:36 AM
Oh, it's beautiful Carolyn! I'm so happy for you, and yay! It fits!
Posted by: Brigitte | March 10, 2010 at 03:30 AM
It can be too cold to snow?? I thought that's why it was snow!! Ignorance is warmth in this case! lol.
Your sweater is gorgeous. Those colors do look like winter and the splash of red livens it up.
Posted by: Carrie K | March 16, 2010 at 04:40 PM
Wow!!! The sweater is amazing! Great job!
Posted by: Suzy | March 21, 2010 at 05:07 PM
What a fantastic sweater! A pattern well chosen.
Johanne
Posted by: Johanne | April 24, 2010 at 09:55 AM