I love finishing projects.  I totally enjoy the process of knitting but I need the pay off at the end of having a finished object (thus the FO in the title).  That's also why I try not to have many WIPs ( Works in progress sometimes referred to as UFOs, unfinished objects -- even knitters have jargon.) So, summing up, I try to keep the WIPs  or UFOs to a minimum to facilitate the FOs.  That's not really a sentence I would whip off in mixed company.  Anyhow, the fact that my sweater fits exactly the way I wanted it to is an added bonus.  So here is the Big Sack Sweater in all its glory.  (For the love of all that is knitted, will someone please come up with a less graphic name for this sweater pattern!) 



Details:  Big Sack Sweater by Jenna Wilson
Yarn:  Cascade Ecological Wool  2 skeins = 956 yds  (This yarn was a pleasant surprise as it is relatively inexpensive but it plenty soft enough to be worn next to the skin.)
Changes to the Pattern:  I made the body about 1 1/2 longer.  I wanted the bottom hem to fall at my hips not my waist. 

Here's just the sweater:


(Signs of spring -- the grass is actually green rather than snow-sat-on-me-all-winter brown)

Actually it has been a busy fiber filled few days.  I started another set of the Wine and Roses mitts.


It is a bit of a challenge knitting lace with black yarn but the lace looks very elegant when worn. A very pretty effect well worth the extra lighting needed.   The pattern is a total pleasure to knit. (Interweave Knits, Winter 2006.)

Oh, and someone who shall remain nameless was leaving parenthetical notes in the comments wishing for a new pair of socks. Sister of mine -- Your subliminal ploy was no match for my attention to detail.  Ha, ha! (Must knit socks for my sister.  Must knit socks for my sister.) What? Oh.  So I dyed some yarn with you in mind.  Hope you like it.