Nihon Vogue Year 2 is Over, Finished, Done!

What a huge relief.  Nihon Vogue Year was so much knitting (and reknitting) that I don't even want to look at a pair of knitting needles for at least few weeks. I love my fisherman's gansey style sweater but it was excruciating  to knit.  By the end of the ordeal, the tendonitis in my left elbow had flared up to "pain in the middle of the night" levels and my wrist and joints of my left thumb were aching.  Never again will I knit an entire sweater on 2.00 mm needles.  My last project for Year 2 was a sweater for Rob. Good thing he isn't a big man!  Easy stitch pattern & worsted weight wool, but added complication of putting a zipper in from mid chest level to the top of a mock turtleneck collar.  Of course, there wasn't a zipper to be found that was the exact length I needed, so with encouragement from Sarah and Arlene, I cut it to the dimension I wanted.  I worked late into the night and finished the sweater and the design notes.  Jean signed off on both the gansey and the final project and I was done!  Ready to collect my certificate for Year 2.  Relief more than elation was the emotion of the day for me.  Candace, Arlene, Caryn, Naomi and myself received certificates for completion of Year 2.  The rest of the class is not far behind.  It will be wonderful to have 8 months of "break" before Nihon Vogue Year 3 & 4 combined begins in September 2010.