I finally finished my nephew's Salt Lake City Dale of Norway cardigan. I purchased the hand knitting pattern, scanned the graph into DAK and changed it into a stitch pattern. I modified it to fit on my Brother 970 machine and changed the colors to just black and white, as requested. I used Schuss Plus worsted wool, which was a real workout on the standard machine. It made a wonderfully sturdy fabric, though, and will be like a jacket for him. For the first time, I used a full needle rib for the buttonhole and button plackets and was really pleased with how much body they had compared to the 1x1 ribbing. Don't know why I hadn't done that before.
Whew, am I glad to get that sweater done. From request to completion was about 3 years. Knitting time about 2 weeks. He promised a picture of himself wearing it, but that is yet to be forthcoming. I think it will be a while before I knit another one. Too much concentration and too much work! I think over the years I have knit 32 of these Norwegian sweaters for family members. But anyway, with that promise fulfilled, I can move on to other things.
