Would you believe it? I’m finally knitting Abby’s Harry Potter Sweater! It’s only been, what, 9 months or so since I committed to Alison’s knitalong? (See sidebar). Anyway, I started Friday evening, and finished the back last night.

I’m using Silky Tweed, and it is making such a pretty fabric. Here’s a detail shot.

Nice, no?

So, I took the sweater to church with me yesterday, and was knitting in the foyer while visiting with people (I should have been in bed, I was way nauseated. The knitting helped distract me from my pains), and someone asked if Abby was going to “be” Harry, or Harry’s girlfriend? I didn’t think that a non-knitter might not understand how totally cool it is to make a Harry Sweater.

Ok, so another question.

This is my first time doing intarsia. Amazing, I know. My pattern says to carry the yarn across the back of the letter, fair isle style, instead of using separate balls. What do you think? Sounds weird to me.

And I finally sent out my stitch markers! So I’m catching up with my “Participating In” commitments. I must be nesting already. The sad thing is that one of the ladies I sent to lives in the south of Louisiana. She’s further west than New Orleans, but still… I hope she’s ok. She has neither updated her blog in a month, nor answered any of my emails. We checked out her zip code on the USPS, and it said they’re getting limited delivery.

Back to the sweater…. I can’t believe I’m knitting a silk sweater on size 5 needles (32 inch bust) for a 7 year old! I’m definitely sewing a label in the back with name, phone number, plead to please return if found, and explicit instructions to NOT WASH IT!!!!!

UPDATE– One more thing. After the comment in church yesterday, I asked Nate if I should make the sweater with an “A” instead of an “H”, and he said, “No way. Then she’d be Alvin Chipmunk“!

Yeah, Harry is better than Alvin. Any day.