She then asked me if I would knit something for her with the yarn she bought back then - of course I couldn't say no. She chose the Debbie Bliss pullover from the Vogue Knitting, fall/winter 08 edition.
I keep telling Moe that my face is not photogenic enough to be included in these pictures but apparently he doesn't listen to me :) oh well.
The yarn used for this pullover is a cotton/wool/acrylic blend called Kreta. Not quite soft enough for my taste but it was actually alright for this type of project I think. The whole piece was knit with two strands of yarn. Though it does give the pullover a nice touch, it also makes it a bit heavy.
Speaking of weight. I forgot to weigh the little sucker - I was so busy finishing it, wrapping it, and giving it to my SIL that I forgot all about yarn usage. Silly me. A good thing you can weigh the yarn you have left instead :)
The pullover weighs 800 g.
About the pattern. There's an error and I sort of noticed but thought to myself that I was probably being a little too smart, so I desided to follow the pattern to the letter. I shouldn't have. When the pullover was almost finished I found the error mentioned on the Debbie Bliss website. You probably know where things went wrong, just in case you don't: it's the cable itself. At the very top the pattern said: "blah blah hold to back of work" where it should have said: "hold to front of work".
At one point I thought about re-doing the cable but then I decided not to. Much easier ;)
I like the result, and on the way home from my SIL's birthday she sent me a text saying: "the pullover fits perfectly! Thanks! :)". Mission accomplished.