I got finished knitting Ixchel earlier this week, then my Mom very kindly wove in my ends (I have an awesome Mom!). I blocked it yesterday, and this morning it is ready to go!
I could not be happier with it. There are one or two things I’d do differently if I was to make it again (which I don’t plan to, but you never know). In the bottom band of the body, where there are arrows and starts going down to the bottom ribbing, I didn’t strand my work on every row. There were some rows where the yellow stitches were just too far apart to justify carrying it around, I thought. So I went back later and duplicate stitched the yellow in there where called for. That fairly substantially changed my gauge. So if I ever do it again, I will just carry the yarn. I was a little concerned with running out of yellow, which turned out to not be a problem at all. The kit for my size came with 2 skeins of yellow, one of which I never got into at all. I still had around a quarter of the skein I did use. So running out would not have been a problem. Though of course, I didn’t know that when I was doing it.
But anyway – it fits, I’m happy with it, and I’m very glad I jumped it to the top of my queue!
Quite A Yarn 
It’s totally gorgeous and is fantastic on you!! Great job on a really great sweater:)
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Thank you – you are so kind!
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Very lovely and a great shot of you! (and yes, you have a great mom!)
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Thank you – that is very kind!
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That looks amazing!!
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Thank you – much appreciated!
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That is so beautiful!
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Thank you – that is very kind 🙂
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What an achievement, it looks great on you and you must be thrilled it’s ready to wear now.
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Thank you – very kind of you to say! I am thrilled with it, definitely!
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Wonderful! 🌘🌗🌕🌓🌒
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Thank you!
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I love it! It looks amazing. I love the colors you went with. It is perfect.
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That is very kind – thank you! I am happy with it 🙂
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I thought I had commented on this post, but I see not. It is GORGEOUS!! And it looks stunning on you. Wear it with pride.
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You are very kind! Thank you 🙂
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Wow! This is brilliant work and it looks fantastic on you!
I’m new to colorwork (I’ve done stranded but not intarsia) but decided to jump in and try Ixchel anyway! I love the colors and the stranded bits are going ok but my central motif is wonky. Can you recommend a tutorial on how to weave back the yarn to work the central panel without it being crazy? Also, if I may ask, what method did you use to tackle the phases of the moon?
Thanks!
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Thank you so much! I actually did work it as stranded for much of the sweater, including most of the central motif. The phases of the moon I also did as stranded, but just for those parts. So each row of the moon phases I knitted plain blue for the shoulders, and started a new strand of gold for the moons. It was a lot of ends to weave in, but it was easier than carrying that extra color all that way. Hope this helps!
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