A long time in the making
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (343439)
Rockingham, Australia
November 24, 2023 2:03am CST
I can’t remember how long I’ve been working on this jumper but it must be getting on for 20 years. It started off as something else then I unpicked it and made a jumper. I didn’t have a pattern and was worried I was going to run out of wool so it’s been put in the too-hard basket time and again.
Within the last year, I’ve finished the sweater and sewn it up. It needed something to ‘lift’ it so I bought a ball of black wool to do the edgings. It still looked a bit drab so I then put the ‘V’ on the front with a few beads and it doesn’t look too bad. The photo doesn’t really do it justice.
I might wear it or I might donate it. Either way, it is off my conscience and not sitting in a drawer glaring at me every time I go there. 
28 people like this
27 responses
@Orson_Kart (6908)
• United Kingdom
24 Nov 23
20 years?
It’s a good job you weren’t making a baby’s jumper. The baby would be having a baby of her own by now That’s the problem with crochet- only one needle. If you’d knitted it, it would have only taken 10 years. 
Anyway, 10 out of 10 for perseverance. 
It’s a good job you weren’t making a baby’s jumper. The baby would be having a baby of her own by now That’s the problem with crochet- only one needle. If you’d knitted it, it would have only taken 10 years.
Anyway, 10 out of 10 for perseverance. 4 people like this
@Orson_Kart (6908)
• United Kingdom
25 Nov 23
@JudyEv That would just be showing off!
1 person likes this
! My goodness - 20 years in the making - you've just got to wear that beautiful sweater! I have a lot of art supplies for projects I planned to do many years ago - still haven't even started 
.@JudyEv (343439)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Nov 23
@much2say I think I'm doing the diaries so I don't have to tackle the photos!! There are diaries from 1937, 1938 then 3 diaries from the 1950s, then all bar one from 1960 to 2005. She was 95 when she stopped writing a diary although maybe any more have been lost somewhere. Maybe the rest of the 1950 ones have been lost too.
1 person likes this
@allknowing (138795)
• India
25 Nov 23
Atleast you finished it . I started one for my mother and finally I had to dump it I am no good with needles.
2 people like this
@allknowing (138795)
• India
26 Nov 23
@JudyEv I just do not like needles and I have said that already. When I got engaged my mother forced me to go for stitching classes and my then fiance was happy about it. He bought me a sewing machine which was used by him and not me for stitching curtains and stuff (lol)
1 person likes this
@JudyEv (343439)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Nov 23
@allknowing That's good that the machine was at least used by someone.
1 person likes this
@arunima25 (88062)
• Bangalore, India
24 Nov 23
That does look very nice. Twenty years is way too lokh. I have one unfinished project from last seven years. I started it with full enthusiasm but then lost the motivation in between. I thought of finishing it during lockdown, but it's untouched from last so many years. You give me a hope
2 people like this
@arunima25 (88062)
• Bangalore, India
26 Nov 23
@JudyEv I have been making this as my new year resolution from last few years to finish it, but I have not. Let's see when I will finish it. I am not sure.
1 person likes this
@JudyEv (343439)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Nov 23
@arunima25 Even towards the end I was putting off sewing on the black bands. I was worried they would be off centre but I think I've got it right now.
1 person likes this
@GardenGerty (161471)
• United States
25 Nov 23
I have a few projects like that. Congratulations on a finish.
2 people like this
@RebeccasFarm (90744)
• Arvada, Colorado
24 Nov 23
I adore that and especially as it is made by Judy and vintage..if you tried to sell it as a novelty that you took that long to make it, bet you could get quite a good price for it.
2 people like this
Welcome.
@RasmaSandra (81528)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Nov 23
That is so beautiful, I would say keep it and wear it,
2 people like this
@aninditasen (16528)
• Raurkela, India
24 Nov 23
It's really a very pretty sweater. I would have bought it from you if I were staying close to you.
2 people like this
@aninditasen (16528)
• Raurkela, India
25 Nov 23
@JudyEv That's very nice of you. Thanks.
1 person likes this
@LindaOHio (183959)
• United States
24 Nov 23
I think you did a wonderful job. I would have to wear it before I donated it! Have a great day.
2 people like this
@BarBaraPrz (48012)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Nov 23
Very nice. The black does set it off.
2 people like this
@Juliaacv (51877)
• Canada
24 Nov 23
I think that it is a very pretty sweater.
I would wear a red dickie under it to add a bit of colour to it.
I have a 'project' that I began in 1996 and have worked on it, put it away, pulled it out again and so on, but it remains unfinished. It is a cross stitch picture. It is beautiful, very intricate and lovely colours. My eyesight is not good enough to ever be able to finish it I fear. The stitches are so small, and I fear ruining it by not making small enough stitches to match.
Oh the joys of aging, if only I could forget about that project.
2 people like this
@DaddyEvil (138916)
• United States
24 Nov 23
The sweater looks good! I'm glad you got it finished.
I still have a bedspread that is about half-way done in a basket in my bedroom. Once in a while I'll pull it out and work on it for a couple of hours and then pack it away again. It really wouldn't take long to finish it if I just stopped playing online and settled into the work...
2 people like this
@wolfgirl569 (109578)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Nov 23
It looks nice. Glad you got it finished
2 people like this
@jefferson126 (3350)
• Shenzhen, China
24 Nov 23
The sweater looks good,you did a good job.I think you can donate it,someone will like it.
2 people like this
@Beestring (14779)
• Hong Kong
24 Nov 23
That's a nice-looking sweater. The only sweater I've made was actually schoolwork during my secondary school. I needed my mom's help to finish it.
2 people like this
