It Is Finished!

My Vine Lace Cardi is all finished! It felt really good to sew the last button on this and I can't wait to wear it! This is my first ever sweater from my handspun. All the details: The yarn was spun from Spinner's Hill batts, one ply was blue green, and the other was a blue, somewhere between royal and denim. I alternated skeins throughout the entire sweater to blend them together and make spinning differences less obvious. I used the traditional Vine Lace stitch pattern and found an edging stitch pattern for the neck band and front bands. The edging pattern came from a Classic Elite leaflet and the best part was that you end up with a YO in the center of each point which you can use as a buttonhole or just leave as a decorative YO.
This meant I didn't have to figure out how many buttons I wanted and where I wanted them before hand. As you can see from the top picture, I stopped the buttons part way up instead of going all the way to the top. I did this for a couple of reasons: I won't wear it buttoned higher than the highest button, and this sweater is so lightweight, I was afraid if I took the buttons all the way to the top it might make the neckline flop down on that side. (BTW, the buttons are photographing slightly lighter than they are in real life because of the flash - they actually blend much better.) So, how light is this sweater? Well, when I weighed it before I sewed the buttons on, it weighed 5 5/8 ounces (159.75 grams).
Here is one last picture, the lace in the window artsy shot.