I started this one before I was diagnosed with IBD but put it down for years. It was too intricate to knit without looking while at the dentist. After diagnosis I got a bidet and needed tiny towels slightly different than all the rough seed stitch wash cloths I have so it still sat in spite of constant Dr visits.
I picked it back up slightly before Drs decided my IBD was Crohn’s and I started getting 3 hour infusions every 8 weeks. I wasn’t to the arm join when I started infusions. About a year of that and it’s finally done.
Went up to size 9, the Simply Soft is extremely soft with that size and it’s not as hot as another cabled sweater I made. It also fits better since I had the other to go off and make adjustments.
Ready to start plotting an aran.
Wow, what a gorgeous sweater! Good for you getting it done!
Sorry to hear about your IBD/Crohns. I don’t have IBD, but I was in the hospital for a week last summer with an abdominal/bowel abscess. Fortunately IV antibiotics in hospital and at home got rid of it. I didn’t do any knitting while this was going on…I was too ill. However, I did make a hat “in my head” when I had to have an MRI several years ago and needed to be distracted so I wouldn’t freak out in the tube. I ended up making it for real when I got home.
Thnaks, Jan. I didn’t realize bowel abscesses were a thing for others except diverticulitis. Stupid bodies.
I love MRIs, “Are you claustrophobic?” “No I’m agoraphobic, I want to stay in the tube.” The agoraphobia (actually gut stuff but was told “all in your head” 29 years ago and my head took over) is why I started knitting.
It may have been diverticulitis, but they were unsure. When it had shrunk enough to get a colonoscopy I didn’t have a lot of diverticula an no apparent other disease. So while it seems the likely cause no definite diagnosis of that. I never thought about how agoraphobia would figure in to an MRI! Interesting!
Lovely jumper, I love the colour