Fold and Turn Sweater

You know when you get on someone's blog, and they're all like, "Sorry it's been a while . . ." and "Life's been so busy I haven't blogged in a while".  And you're like, "I just found you on Pinterest and I'm only here because of the (insert adorable thing found on Pinterest) and I don't really care how long you haven't blogged."  Yeah, that's how I feel when I see people blogging about the reason for their 'extended absence' from blogging.  So, I'm not going to go into the fact that it's been two years since I haven't written anything.  Nope.  Not going to do it.  You can't make me.

Here's a sweater I just finished.

And don't worry, I only look that crazy in pictures my 

6 year old takes of me.  Lol.

I loved this pattern, it suited me to a T.  Basic enough I didn't have to think too hard about what to do next, but cute enough to wear every day.  Just like the pajamas I have on right now.

I found this pattern on Ravelry.  If you don't belong to Ravelry go sign up right now.  Seriously.  It has thousands of patterns on it, and sign up is free.

This pattern is by Suvi Simola and is named 'Fold and Turn', because that is exactly what you do. 

It is knit in a giant rectangle, then you fold and knit the front pieces together, turn it and add the arms.

The yarn I used was actually one I had bought to do a crochet shawl, it's from Joann Fabrics

and is by Bernat.  It's a worsted yarn in Taupe Heather.  I used just over 1 skein and the skein had 426 yards in it.  I used the correct needles that the pattern suggested, a size 5 mm circular.  To knit the arms, I used double pointed needles that were a size 4.5 mm.  I knitted longer than the pattern suggested for the arm length.  It worked out to be 45 rows, then I bound off using a technique I use for garments that need to be stretchy.  You can find that here: Super Stretchy Bind Off

So, that's where I am right now in life.  

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And really, I think that's where these two years have gone, thanks Pinterest . . .