finito

Whew! It took me until just after midnight on Saturday night, but I finished the back-zip hoodie in time for the baby shower, which was this morning! Here is the final product:



Pattern: Fiber Trends Back Zip Hoodie
Yarn: Plymouth Encore in two greens
Needles: I used US 6's on the body because I didn't like the way it was coming out on 8's. Too loose! The pattern calls for going down 2 sizes for the shawl collar, so I used a US 4 circ. I went to do the sleeves and realized that I didn't have / couldn't find size 6 DPNs or a circ, so I had to use 7's. I think it came out fine, though. I just tried to keep the yarn tight so that it wouldn't be too floppy.

I didn't take a picture of the back zipper, but I did get it in there. I ended up just pinning the hell out of it and hand-basting it in, then hand-stitching over the basting. It wasn't so much hard as just a pain in the ass. The rest of the pattern was quiet clever though, and I'll most likely be making it again.

Also, big excitement - I got internet at home again! Woo! I've been having some sporadic problems with connectivity over the weekend - not sure if it's the DSL itself or the wireless. I don't know enough about either one to make a guess. I just know that it kept dropping me all afternoon / evening today and it was SUPER frustrating...but it appears to have resolved itself now. So...yay! And thank you to Alex for the laptop!