My partner's sweater is finally complete! All the little yarn ends woven in, and the garment's been washed, tagged, and shrunk to fit!

Did I mention my partner bought me that sweater blocker for my birthday last year? It's a bit of a mutual present: it's adjustable so I can block me-sized sweaters, and him-sized sweaters.

Finally finished crocheting my partner's sweater!

This is about 2.2 km of yarn, crocheted over about 2 years. It weighs almost 1.5 lbs. I had to restart it from the very beginning in Fall 2023, which is about 9 months of crocheting from then til now. So now that I have the sizing and stuff, future sweaters should take less trial-and-error (right? 😅)

The next part is weaving in all the loose ends, which I am not looking forward to.

Sweater progress, mid-July 2022.  

Pattern: modified from Done in Love Pullover by Katy Petersen. 

I had to go back and frog the body quite a bit: I forgot about the ribbing; and I forgot that with the weight of the yarn, the sweater stretches when hung/worn.  

Sweater progress!  

I’m a bit uncertain of the yoke; using such a tall stitch (herringbone double crochet) made some noticeable holes where the body attaches to the collar.  If I do another HBDC sweater again, I’ll have to shape the yoke differently.