The sweater looks great. The boobs aren't to bad either.

You did it!!! You finished it!!! I am so proud of you!!! Yayyayayayay! I told you would it would be great!

In fact, I was just reading and John looked over and was like, "WOW! What a cool sweater!" ;-)

I testify that Cara's boobs are not droopy. Congratulations on finishing this bad boy! Yay!

I love it!!! What a cool sweater.

Seeing this one done makes me remember how much I love it. Wasn't it in Interweave at some point or did I just dream that?

And I can attest (not that I've been ogling you or anything) that your girls are riding high. Pictures do lie. Giddyup! xoxo Kay

I meant to type too not to.

I would testify on behalf of your ta-tas, but I fear the bulldigger inside.

Wow, congratulations on finishing. You might not love it, but I'm really impressed.

This reminds me of an unfinished sweater hiding in my stash...

Delurking to say that the sweater is fantastic. And I would never ask why it took you 7 months to finish, because I have a cardigan that I finished over 2 years ago that still doesn't have a zipper.

Woohoo! Now let's pick an easier one for the follow-up.

Awesome. Don't worry about the boobs, it doesn't look THAT bad. I think. I dunno.

Stop being so hard on yourself. You look beautiful and so does the sweater! In fact, maybe you should gain a few pounds, I think "zaftig" is making a comeback. See for yourself:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/15/LVGGQLMRMD1.DTL

how is it that even when you don't take the photos...your blog pics are great! that is such a cute sweater and you are making me feel guilty for a couple of long standin WIP's that I seem to have conveniently forgotten about.

Beautiful sweater. I would have copped out & used a variegated yarn. I really, really hate having to change yarns like that! If I had a hat, it would be off to you!

Congratulations on finishing, it looks fantastic, well done.

Amazing sweater. I'm glad you finished. I hope you wear it at least 575 times!

Fantastic. All that time just means that the finished product is more monumental. This wasn't some offhand job that was finished in a weekend or two.

I think it looks great. I have those same 10-15 pounds on me this year and I didn't get any extra boobage from them at all. What gives?

It's fabulous, and worth the wait!

THAT is wonderful. Just wonderful. Quite the work of art. And lovely on. And you. Lovely. The face I will see in 5 days.
:D

Well congratulations!

OMG, I do love that sweater. You look fantastic. I can't wait to see you and it (but especially you).

Georgie's photography is terrific, as always! ; )

congratulations getting that sweater done. lovely work.

Congratulations!!! Love it! And I admire your stick-to-it-ness.

I have yarn for that in my stash and I was actually thinking about it the other day, so now I have to do it. Should look good.

i love it cara!! so glad that you finished it. it looks fabulous :)

It looks awesome!

What an absolutely fabulous sweater! It looks great on you.

Simply fabulous. You, the sweater (amazing, dude), and the ta-tas. :)

And it looks FREAKIN' AMAZING! You go girl :) Seriously. I sometimes wondered if you would ever finish it, and I'm so glad you did. What an accomplishment!

wooo! it looks great, Cara. I love it (and hey, it must feel fantastic to finish it). :) Congrats!

Well done Cara!! I can't believe it's finished. I don't think 575 days is THAT bad.

It's an accomplishment, certainly! Congrats on finishing. I think it looks good but maybe not as flattering as you'd like. The zig zag stripes do give the illusion of, errr, gravity taking its toll. And, like the others, I know that's not the case, it's simply an illusion.

Seriously dude....they are awesome and the sweater is seriously wicked! You should wear it proud, wear it loud! Your sweater rocks.

That is a fantastic sweater! Congratulations!

HA! Like I would time you on a project.(Or anyone for that matter) A truly awesome sweater & BTW, it looks fab on you! Damn you look so much like my best bud! Is that you Terry? Anyway, how about socks to match? Thanks for sharing the backs and forths of your project.

It's done! And it looks awesome! I just love the neck solution that you came up with.

As for the boobs, well I think in one of those pictures the stripes are having a sort of holographic effect. If I stare at it long enough I can see them moving up and down. Waist...chest...neck...waist...chest...
Ha! This will keep me busy all day.

Dang! that's awesome.

Major accomplishment. Gonna go back and stare at your boobs now. No, seriously.

The sweater looks great.
Brave Girl on the Short Rows and all those ends.
The neck looks awesome
And the Girls, fabulous!

Wahoo! Good for you. It looks great! Gravity having had its way with me for a few more years (we will not speak of how many), far be it from me to judge anyone else's droopiness, but if you hadn't mentioned it I wouldn't have thought of it.

That sweater is so awesome I am delurking to say AWESOME SWEATER!

Cara, the sweater is gorgeous! I love the colors that you picked. I 've read every single entry on this sweater and just marveled at your dedication to making it *just so* and it looks awesome. Wear it proudly to Rhinebeck!

And your boobs? Shit, I've give anything for even half of them. :-)

Awesome sweater. Way to go finishing it. I think it looks nice - quit being so critical of yourself.

Way to go, Cara! You must feel at least 15 pounds lighter just knowing that sweater is donedonedone. Your boobs? Who cares exactly where they fall? They're yours and you've got them. Think of the countless other women who only have one (or none) left or who have died because of them. Wear a pink ribbon and be proud, girl!

Cara, I think those zig zags would make *anyone's* boobs look like they were a bit droopy. It's just the nature of the beast. But after seeing the five million ends? I'm amazed it only took 575 days to finish Short Rows! :)

Congrats! Sweater looks great and so do the girls. You should wear it inside out to show off the woven in ends. My god what a daunting task!!Today I am triumphantly wearing a sweater I started 9 months ago. I finished it this weekend. It spent 7 months in the time out bin after I finished the back, messed up the front and ripped it out. I took it out of the time-out bin last week and I showed that yarn who is boss. From now on it's sock-city with only the occasional foray into sweater-ville. Thanks for the e-mail and info on what booth sells STR.

That is, also, the total number of days that I've known you!

I'm so glad you finished this. And you really did a lovely with it.

Cute sweater! Congrats on finishing it... I, too, am just now completing a sweater knit up with wool cotton... definitely not my fave yarn to knit with, so I will likely feel similarly once mine is done, done, done! Thanks for checking out my blog, too!

I read this post about an hour ago, and ever since then, I've had the elementary school song, "Do your boobs hand low, do they wobble to and fro...(etc)," in my head ever since.

I'm not about to go scrolling for other photos to check for boob-saggage, but I think "they" look happy. Sweater is looking good, too ;-)
I'd wear it. Not sure I'd knit it (I've had several projects with massive end-weaving...I'm kind of burned out).

That sweater is just fantabulous! And the girls look fine, too.

It looks fabulous! You should be proud.

Congrats on finishing! You look so happy posing for G!

Now that's a cool sweater! It looks great.

I am absoutely stunned. Cara, that sweater is so beautiful, so perfect, so incredible.

Thanks for remminding me about this sweater! I loved it when it came out, but wasn't ready for short rows at that time. Yours looks terrific!

Congrats on finishing! Love the picture showing the inside with the purls-and all those ends, bravo!

565 days!? you are a trooper (and patient)!

dude, that is one kick ass sweater! there is no way in hell you could buy that.

and no, your breasts aren't droopy!

WHAT THE FUCK? This just showed up on my Bloglines and I am full of remorse for NOT SAYING WOOOOOHOOOOOOO a couple days ago. Or was it just yesterday? Oh, yeah, it is. Phew.

Ok. WOOOOOHHOOOOOOOOOO. It's wonderful. Wearing it Sat?

And it just showed up on my bloglines too...

WOW. I'm in awe. Please please please bring that to Rhinebeck so that I can ogle. The sweater, not the boobs. Well, you can bring the boobs to Rhinebeck too (duh, like you could leave them at home?!), but I think I'd get in trouble for ogling those.

So proud of you for finishing, and especially for weaving in all of those ends. You seriously rock.

Sorry Cara, as a boob-less wonder, I have no sympathy for you. Droopy boobs or no, at least you have boobs. Me? Even the extra-small knits don't fit. i've tried. Honeymoon cami? My 17 YO brother might as well wear it. or my 2 year old daughter. i think she has bigger boobs than i do.

LOVE the sweater. Absolutely love the stripes. So much more interesting than regular stripes!

And MY GOD on the sock yarn - I just got my first 2 hanks of STR. LOVE IT! But your stash. I'm drooling.

Dude, I've seen your boobs in person and can vouch for their perkiness, despite impressive stature. Should anyone doubt that, send them to me!

Congrats on being finished - I know that feeling of accomplishment - it's liberating. And wool cotton - well, it's the best. Finally, although the composition of those photos is good, I don't feel that they fairly represent your figure. In this case, I think the camera added at least 10 lbs. You should take more shots of your dainty ankles. I know I would if I had gams like yours!

xox, J

Thanks for letting us know about the girls - I thought maybe the stripes were producing an optical illusion - it's great when someone can be honest to an entire cyberspace world!
Great work!

nice work! It looks great and I like your colors much more than those of the pattern.

No need to comment on that fabulous sweater-your shit-eating grin says it all! And tell me Ann did NOT make yet ANOTHER bulldigger reference!