It was finished February 25, 2010 and started on January 1, 2006. THe kit was purchased a couple of years before that at Craft Market held in Denver. I had just started really knitting again when I bought the kit.
It was quite a stretch since I had never done stranded knitting before. My first step was to learn knitting with yarn in two hands. I did this with the legs on a pair of socks. It took over a year to complete the socks. I would do a row and let it set because I really had to concentrate on what my left hand was doing. It is amazing how much I didn't think about the steps for my right hand.
Once started the sweater progressed fairly well through the sleeves and the start of the body tube. Then it slowed. It came to a halt after the first attempt on the front bands. They were wavy because they were longer than the tube. It took about a year to take the first band out and adjust the number of stitches.
I kept putting it done and then the Ravelympics 2010 were mention. I realized it qualified for the WIP Dancing event. I decided to use the Ravelympics as incentive to finish. It worked. I started working on finishing it with the start of the Olympics and finished before the final ceremony for the Winter Olympics. It was even drying on the sweater rack before the final ceremony.
Having tried it on inside, my kilim jacket has been declared to be a jacket rather than an indoor sweater. It is warm. Now, I just need to decide what to do with the leftover yarn. It might be soft enough for hats or a scarf after being washed. Any suggestions?
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