Blue February Lady Sweater

She’s finished and delivered, and her owner loves her.  I was rather surprised at how much length this sweater gained with wet blocking!  Before I washed and blocked it – it looked like this: 

And afterward, it looked like the finished picture above.

I didn’t have any new buttons, so I scrounged around in my great grandmother’s button box and found three big ol’ funky buttons to put on it. I told her it was fine if she wanted to go find some to replace them with, but I think she kind of liked them. They actually looked better being worn by a real human than they did on the dressform here.  I wish I had thought to take a picture of her wearing it – it looks great on her.  Always a relief.

I could not believe how much it grew in length though with washing!  I knew it would gain some length, but it lengthened by at least four and maybe six inches.  (Don’t know why I did not think to measure it…)

So, now my little lap warmer is finished and gone and I need to start the next project.  I want a pair of felted clogs for me – since the ones I made for me I accidentally felted them too much and they were too small for me, so they got gifted to a friend.  Just not sure I’m in the mood to knit clogs right now.  I hate when I get to the end of a project and do not have the next project decided upon.   I might just make a pair of socks while I decide what to do next.