1st hand-made garment

This is my first hand-made garment and is dedicated just for him as birthday present..

ZIPPED JACKET

from Debbie Bliss (Special family knits)

Started on 1st June 2010 - finished on 31 Oct 2010.

I bought Sirdar wool Snuggly dk (55% nylon,45% acrylic) from Haby & Wools Ampang Park
>use 4mm needle
Colour: Dark blue and lime green

I was supposed to follow the size of 102-107cm (to fit chest) but because of my

tension is 22 st x 30 row (smaller than suggested in d book),

so i decided to follow the biggest size from the book

(hoping by using my tension will yield the size that i wanted)
p/s: a lil bit of math and estimation instinct are needed here..hehe

1st piece : BACK


Shape raglan measurement


length of the BACK

i was so happy when i juz finished knit the 1 st piece..
i kept staring at it...kept smiling juz like i already finished making a garment..
until my housemate reminded me that i only did 1 piece, 4 pieces to go..hehe..

i continued making 2 fronts and 2 sleeves which took me another 3 months..
before joining raglan seams..

Here it was..joining piece by piece..

dis moment...hvn't hide the ends yet..

making the collar..instead 10 inch high, i only did 8 inch..
so out of time at dis moment..(29 oct 2010)

30 oct 2010 : woke up early in the morning to hide all the ends...it took quite some times..
join side and sleeve seams....
sent the sweater for zip sewing..
zip length : 70 cm
type of zip: open-ended zip

31 oct 2010: Flipped the collar and neaten the zipped area..