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Here's what I've been working on since Saturday. I finished it last night, but needed new batteries in my camera, so I had to wait to post this. LOL! I used Patons Divine in Night Sky and Bernat Boa in Cardinal. I have to go buy some buttons for it tomorrow, and should I not be able to find buttons that really turn my crank for this, I guess I'll crochet some with wire and just the right shade of red beads!!!

 

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This is the child's sweater from Annie's Attic Easy Tunisian Weekend Sweaters booklet. I didn't like the idea of using the LB Watercolors as the pattern called for, and since I had 4 skiens of the Divine already, I figured it would make an even switch. The sweater is a child's size 6, and it certainly fits my DD! (Not like my last attempt at a sweater for her!!!)

 

This was supposed to be a Christmas gift for my daughter, but she saw me working on it when I thought she was napping...

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:wowdrool :wow3 Amy

 

It is lovely. My grandma is making me a sweater out of Divine for christmas. It is a knit one from Mary Maxim and she knits ALOT better than me.

 

I'll have to look for that book.

 

:ducky Betsy

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Thank you all for your kind words. I just love this sweater! I'm jealous of the fact that my daughter gets it and not me... I can just see her doing this <img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/nahnahbooboo.gif" /> along with the happy dance!

 

I wanted to add, that for the child's size six, this took less than three skiens of the Divine, and just over one of the Boa. I will be making another one for my niece for Christmas, but more than likely will choose a different color. (The dark color was hard to work with even in Tunisian, however a lot easier to work up than traditional crochet.) I'm just glad that Michael's has the Divine on sale this week, and I will be running across town after work tomorrow to go pick some more up.

 

As I said before, I followed the pattern in the booklet exactly, other than switching out what yarns to use. (Instead of the Boa, the pattern calls for Fun Fur for the trim.) I did use the nubby side as the right side (which as you're working it up is actually the wrong side.) It makes look a lot more fluffy that way!

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Ooooo. That is fabulous. Sure doesn't look like a kiddy sweater to me. There's another one I'd like for myself. Now if I could just lose 100 pounds and 50 years, I'd be in like Flynn.

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:wave

so pretty, and looks so soft! Love the trim!

What size hook did you use for that? All of your daughter's friends will want one, too!

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Ok, I'm going to try to answer everyone's questions at once...

 

Rachel-- I just got home from Michael's, which is the only place locally that I can get the Divine. They have a light blue and a darker blue, but I wouldn't call the darker blue "navy." It's just blue! <img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/rofl.gif" /> I went ahead and bought the darker blue for the sweater that I'm doing for my niece. Stay tuned since I will post a pic when that one is done as well.

 

booklvr-- This didn't take me long at all. I started it on Saturday afternoon and would have finished it on Sunday, except for the fact that I just had to take a nap Sunday afternoon, which cut into my crochet time. LOL! This one definitely will work up over a weekend, if you've got the afternoons to work on it.

 

Deb (zoezzoo)-- The hooks used for this were the Easy Tunisian sizes N and P for the actual sweater, and a regular H hook for the trim.

 

I do have an adult sweater started from this same booklet, just have put it on hold due to trying to get all my Christmas projects out of the way.<img border=0 src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/TearHair.gif" /> Sometimes I wonder how I do it! I need about 4 more hours added to a day as it is!!!

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