*Sigh*

Oh, the joy of finishing yarn ends..

Well, that's the price you pay for knitting fair isle, and not bothering to running the yarns from one motif to another.. This here is the jumble of two sleeves + one body. I'm comforting myself with the thought that the main job is now already done for 'Little Birds' - and looking forward to that fine moment of combining these pieces together and pushing ahead for the shoulders and finally necline.. yeay....

On the other hand, one could be making fabulous sweaters with the top-down technique, with few or no loose ends to finish, as Wendy from 'Knit and Tonic' does in her great new book ("Custom Knits" by Wendy Bernard) - like this:

Or like this:


Or how about this

Or this?!?? (don't it just make you want to cry..)

Well, this little piggy (with her fingers deep in unfinished yarn ends..) will certainly start leafing the pages of this book after the fair isle feast is finalized. It's good to know that there are things to look forward to!