Flower Lace Bolero

I have been working on my very first knitted top, big thing for me as I never thought I would have the patience or the will power to see it through to the end. So today I treated myself to some chocolate (celebration), as the top was finished last night yeah!
I have included some progress pictures, so please don't think the first one is the finished product as it's naff haha!

Flower Lace Bolero

The white threads are safety lines incase I made a mistake. Really didn't fancy ripping it out and starting again.

Flower Lace Bolero with Sleeves

The white safety lines are now gone and sleeves have been added (notice the flower cuff has been added, pretty)

Flower Lace Bolero Finished

The floral trim has been added to the neckline and around the edging of the Bolero.

Floral Detail

Close up of the floral detail.

Fairisle Knitting Class

Yesterday I participated in a Fairisle Knitting class, run by Rowans freelance textile artist Carol Meldrum (author of Knitted Icons). I thoroughly enjoyed the day. It was fantastic to see different colour variations of the same pattern and how different they looked. I think I chose my colours well and I'm very pleased with the result.

(so much so that I have been making my own fairisle graphs all morning )