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Finished sweater - Lincoln/Targhee

Jan 15, 2010 posted by Denise Jackson
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Lincoln/Targhee X, from Cory's Lincoln Longwools in Moore, MT. Milled at Going To The Sun Fiber Mill in Kalispell, MT. Spun on S15 Louet wheel to about 13 wpi. 2 ply.

My dad picked a sweater pattern that the Rovers wore when they sang Irish ballads. The cables scared the daylights out of me at first. I matched the commercial yarn as best I could. I had 50 yards left over. Knitted in the round, I used steeks for the first time. This fulfilled 1 birthday and 2 Christmas presents.

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Amy Clarke Moore wrote
on Jan 22, 2010 2:46 PM

It's a beautiful sweater and your Dad looks so happy in it!

suzyhok wrote
on Jan 25, 2010 1:08 PM

What an absolutely gorgeous sweater and you can tell by your Dad's grin how proud he is to be wearing it!    He's one very, very lucky guy and he knows it!

Matrinka wrote
on Feb 10, 2010 11:18 AM

That is a gorgeous sweater, on a fine lookin' gentleman.  :D  I finally have my husband wearing wool.  It took a bit of effort to convince him that wool isn't all itchy, and that it is so much nicer for staying good and warm here in Missouri's winters than acrylic.  He's fallen in love with my heavy wool socks, though I will be adding a little nylon in the future for the cuffs or knitting much longer socks so they can hitch themselves to the top of the calf to stay up.

Cables terrified me at first, but now I love them, in moderation.  The sweater ensemble I'm spinning for will have a owl cables, a pattern I adore.

smidgen wrote
on Mar 6, 2010 5:16 PM

OMG! That is more than I could EVER do! Cables... they also scare me too! Way to GO! (-:

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