Monday, March 1, 2010

I Own That Podium

It's done.
Friday was a heavy knitting day, but by Friday night, the knitting was done. Saturday, I crocheted the buttonholes - a fast buttonhole, and one I'll certainly do again. Sunday in the early afternoon, I sewed on the buttons. It's done.

I had thought to have Fred take my picture lying on the bed with the clock in the background. A repeat of how I began the sweater and the Olympics. But after all that stress and all that knitting, I knew for sure that if I lay down on the bed for the photo shoot, I wouldn't get up 'til morning.

Not that you might doubt me, but as proof positive that the sweater was done on time, here is me wearing the great-fitting sweater during the Canada vs USA game.
In fact these shots were taken just after Cory Perry scored the second and what we mistakenly presumed to be the winning goal.

A re-cap on the pattern and yarn tomorrow. For now, I luxuriate in the fact that I knit a sweater in 17 days. I had fun. I learned a lot. I was part of something larger than myself.

11 comments:

Vera said...

Congratulation Brenda on a well won medal!! Looking good!

Sel and Poivre said...

Wahoo for you! Congratulations!

Laurie said...

Congratulations! Beautiful sweater!

EL said...

Well done!
Congratulations on getting it done on time.
Looking forward to seeing it (& of course you too) on Wednesday.

Anonymous said...

Lovely sweater - kudos to you, Brenda!

Gina C.

Sandra said...

Great job! - it looks fabulous, and you deserve the gold!

Deb said...

A gold for sure. It's looks terrific!

freshisle said...

Awesome. It looks just awesome. You are awesome.

Sharon said...

very nice..looks good on you..see you wed.

Nicki said...

Congratulations Brenda! Looks great. Look forward to seeing it on Wednesday.

LaurieM said...

congratulations!!!! I'm so happy for you. The sweater looks great.