Leon's latest jumper - a mixed success

I started knitting the Wyrit jumper, by Kate Davies, for Leon on the day before Christmas. Every year we go to the cricket, which usually provides a lot of knitting time. This year, not so much, since it only went for two and a half days.

The dyer of this yarn (that would be me) made the error of not retying the skeins. They were tied a little tightly, so the dye didn't penetrate as much under the ties. I alternated skeins, but it still looks a little like someone has splashed bleach around.  

The cable was really fun and quite intuitive and easy to drop down and fix on the THREE times I crossed them the wrong way.

Other than that I was convinced it wouldn't fit, but now it's done I think it looks alright.

I really wanted to get the photos taken and Ravelry and this blog updated, but this whole week it's going to be quite hot. Leon was a good sport, and we took the photos in the hall way of our apartment block, but this is his face when I asked him to show ow he felt about modeling a jumper when it was  36 degrees. I tried to get the photos done as quickly as possible, I didn't want him to get heatstroke!

He says he will get a lot of wear from it, but probably not for a couple of months yet!