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Heather's Antique Lace-Sleeved Sweater
My younger daughter is modeling the second sweater I
ever knit. I knit this sweater in 1985, and it was the first
project I was really pleased with.
It was the first sweater I ever added waist
shaping to. The lace motif at the bodice was also my idea. It was the
first sweater I re-gauged and the first time I made set-in sleeves.
When I made it, I was an ECU knitter who hadn't yet learned to
uncross her stitches, so all the knit stitches are twisted. My mattress
stitch was also very sloppy.
Despite its faults (which I mercifully was too ignorant to see when
it was newly knit), it's still a charming sweater, and it looks good on
Matisse. The twisted stitches and crooked seams remind me of
how much progress I've made, and it's good to be reminded of that
when I fall into the habit of being too self-critical.
I don't remember which yarn or needles I used for this sweater, but it's
held up very well. It was my first project in cotton, and the only one
of my early sweaters that did not succumb to moths.
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