Project One: The Sweater of Doom

The Sweater of Doom was the first project in the year of stash busting.

It was started in December, originally intended as my mother's Christmas gift. Unfortunately, my gauge proved incorrect, as the sweater proved large enough to fit a large man-- which my mother is not. I frogged the entire thing, and began the year with mass quantities of...

The yarn:


Red alpaca blend (I'm guessing on the fibre-content), purchased by my mother on a trip to Peru. 5.5 balls used in total.

My mother, you see, has a lovely habit of buying me yarn and saying "This would make a lovely _________ for mother!" In this case it was...

The project: Cloud V-Neck Raglan

The result:



The rest: Given to my mother in March, who loves it-- and not just because she's related to me, I hope.