Kiwi Woodland finished!

I blogged about this Carol Sunday-designed sweater when I started it, and last week I finally got the sleeves and buttons sewn on. 

 Here's another view, in the sunlight to best show the yarn color -

 If you look at the next photo showing the back, you should be able to see the clever way the designer varied the stitch design - it's open lace below the waist on the body, below the elbow on the sleeve - but the same trellis pattern continues without the holes as you knit each piece upwards.

Here's my attempt to capture this design feature.  As always, click the photo for a closer view.

This is the yarn that came from Kerry in New Zealand last year, finally in wearable form. For this particular yarn, possum fiber is blended with merino (also a specialty of New Zealand) and silk, making it extremely soft with a delightful and unique brownish-gray halo created by the possum fur.  Follow this link to a New Zealand government website listing with a photo describing this non-native possum pest.   I only used 2/3rds of the yarn Kerry sent me to make this long-sleeved cardigan. What shall I do with the rest?