I finished my Twist! I'm so pleased with how it turned out.
I used Dream In Color Classy in Spring Tickle. I bought 6 skeins but ended up using 5.
I really wanted to knit this sweater, but didn't think it would look good on me, so I made it for my friend Leigh. She is fifteen kinds of awesome (proof: she made Isaac's raisinet-flinging monkey birthday cake), so it was fun to make something special for her. I gave it to her on Saturday and she loved it and it fit. The sweater was a surprise, so I was a bit nervous about the sizing, but it was fine.
Twist was great fun to knit. I'm hoping to knit another Chic Knits pattern soon. Once I got used to looking for the evil words, "at the same time...." and stopped trying to read the pattern in a totally linear way, it was a breeze. My copy is all marked up because I made lists of which cable-rows would get an increase or decrease and what the total stitch count would be at that point.
I want to move to the Dream In Color factory and live in a big pile of their yarn. I'm usually not a big hand-painted yarn person. Ok, that's a lie...I enjoy buying it. I just don't always like the way it knits up. This yarn is subtle enough that the color variegation adds depth without being distracting. It's lovely.
On to the next project!
I found my button online and ordered a few extra to justify the shipping. :p Thank you to Rita, Leslie and anyone else that helped me look for my last button. One thing I've learned is that I'm not going to wait to buy my buttons 'til I'm sure the store has all of them.
