Rings and Owls Sweater....Done!

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I had to redo every part of this sweater, but I’m glad I did, because now I have a sweater that I actually like to wear!

My only beef with it is that the body didn’t have shaping, but the arms fit well, and I like the way the owls and the yoke turned out.

This was three patterns in one (my specialty…I like that, but I think I’ll change it to…): Red Rings by Tonia Barry, O.W.L.S. by Kate Davies, and EPS Yoke Sweater by Elizabeth Zimmermann.

I did the sleeves two at a time on one circular needle, toe-up sock style.

You can read about the adventure here.

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Very nice work and I especially love the color!

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I like that it’s washable (Wool-ease) but I wish, now, that I’d made in less pill-y yarn.

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Pretty!!

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It certainly turned out well!!! Great job! Thanks for the link to your blog! Larger photo of the sweater!

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Very pretty! You did a great job of “marrying” the patterns – nice work. Lovely color, too.

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That sweater is pretty! :yay:

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Love the color!!! Great job!!

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That’s a great-looking sweater and fits well! Great job on it and love the detail! Beautiful color!

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Gr8888 jobs…its wel done Thnks for sharing

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Ooo, I like the way you put all the elements of the 3 different patterns together. The owls in the yoke are cool, without big googly eyes they look very ‘grown up’.

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Love the concept and how you did it! The owls look great and it is really a very pretty color :slight_smile:

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The original o.w.l.s. pattern calls for using buttons for the eyes, but at my size that would have been 56 buttons. Not! Then I was going to use a gray colored thread to overstitch the eye-purls, but when I finally got done with the sweater I realized I had two choices: 1. Put the sweater in the “needs more work” pile or 2. Wear it as is. I chose the latter. :wink:

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it looks great and what a wonderful color

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:happydance:love the color, great job!