And whatever happened to that previous going-to-a-wedding minisweater, the gauge-adjusted Anthropologie capelet?

Early last fall it changed into a beautiful butterfly.

This sweater’s name is Meteora. I would name everything Meteora if Linkin Park hadn’t ruined it for the rest of us. Meteora is the Queen of the Asteroids from The Christmas Toy, which “influenced” Toy Story pretty hardcore. In the same vein, this sweater was “influenced” by ApreslosOjos‘ fantastic “Old Is New”. (Those are Ravelry links. Sorry.)

There is a big difference between the two sweaters, though– check out my seamless, top-down yoke construction. I know Zimmerman and Walker have formulas for this sort of thing, but this math was all mine. It came out awesome.

What did not come out so awesome: the shawl collar. It isn’t shawly at all. In real life it sticks up like part of an Elvis impersonator costume. I’d intended to write this pattern up and post it online for intrepid knitters who are exactly my size, but unless I work out the collar somehow, no dice.

Project Ravelry link is here.