Happy Birthday to me! The Birthday Sweater tradition continues with this late entry for 2007. Even though my 42nd birthday was in June, it is not considered late until I turn 43. I make the rules!

It is the Tilted Duster from Interweave Knits, Fall ‘07. I used Araucania Nature Wool Chunky, I don’t have the color number handy, and it has been discontinued. It took somewhere between 9 -9.5 balls. I used size 7 needles. Most of the time, I used KP Options, but those suckers kept unscrewing on me, and my hands hurt after awhile, so I worked with my Denise Interchangables to give my hands a break. Started: September 1, 2007 Finished: October 30, 2007

Notes: I had concerns about the sleeves being too tight. I could have knit this with zero ease at the 40″ size, or 4″ ease at the 44″ size. I opted for the latter, and while a bit large, the sleeves are just right. A 42″ inch size would have been perfect, but that size wasn’t included with the pattern and the re-sizing was just more than I wanted to attempt. I’m still very happy with the end result. I will go back and put the rest of the buttons in which will pull it all in more, but I prefer the one button for now.

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PS – This is also my 20 lb sweater (yay!). No, it doesn’t weigh that much, though appearances may give one that impression. It’s that I weigh that much less. I knit myself a little “reward” for every 10 lbs I lose until I get to my goal. Fortunately, I knit quickly. Unfortunately, I lose slowly. Ultimately, the twain shall meet!