THE Miss Lemon Sweater - Part 3 - The Finished Project...

I attended a Midwinter Literary Ball on Saturday,
 hosted by Lily (of Mode de Lis) and her family.
I had such a lovely time!
 Unfortunately, I didn't get "oodles" of photos of my sweater as I had intended.
I did get at least one nice shot with my sister Kelsey.
(She was Eloise!)
 





{Photo Credit my sweet Bro-in-law Jesse}

 

It was a delightful evening of English & Scottish Country Dancing.

I didn't even step on anyone's toes!

(Although Kelsey & I did collide and bounce off each other once.) ;)

 

I worked on my sweater the entire day of the party.

I had finished my knitting the day before and was working on sewing it up.

After I had one sleeve sewn in I tried it on just for kicks.

Much to my chagrin I discovered that the cap of the sleeve was oddly bulky.

It was about two sizes too big on top!

I tried to think of some way to just make it work, but it was clear I'd have to rework the tops.

I pulled out a vintage pattern with the same set in sleeves I was looking for.

They, thankfully, worked out perfectly.

It must have just been some kind of typo in the first pattern I used.

(I made sure to mark some notes on there so this never happens again!) ;)

 

For my hair I attempted some finger waves using a curling iron.

Then I just put my hair up in a low up-do - trying to keep the sides loose and drapey.

I had wanted to try the tiny curls Miss Lemon does on her forehead, but

alas, I didn't have enough time.

 

Here is a close up of the bow.

I'm really pleased with how it turned out!

I had some shiny vintage black buttons in my stash that worked perfectly too.

 

Overall I'm very pleased with my sweater.

Of course my mind has already moved on &

I'm busily dreaming up new vintage knits to keep my fingers flying.

But, first I must finish Aimee's cabled sweater!

Off I go to work on that now.

(And watch some Poirot.)

:)