Finished Object Friday- Bed Jacket

I am having a cruddy day at work today so my only enjoyment is to post an FO on my lunch hour. The Bed Jacket, in purgatory from last year, is finally done.

Specs:

Pattern: Bed Jacket from Knitting Lingerie Style

Designer: Joan McGowan-Michael

Yarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes from stash (long time in the stash, actually)

12 skeins in color Tan

Needles: Size 10 Addi Turbo and Size G crochet hook

Started: June 2007

Finished: June 12, 2008

Recipient: Me

Mods: I left off the chain stitch embroidery because (1) I was lazy and (2) didn't think it really needed it. I knit the rest to the book. Overall, I like it, but alas, into storage it goes until the Fall b/c it is too dang hot for wool right now in Jersey. As I also said before, read the directions first, especially if you hate finishing. There is a lot of finishing work on this one, but I think it is elegant and well-worth the effort.

The button is a mother-of-pearl daisy purchased from The Woolly Lamb.

WWKIP (WorldWide Knit in Public) Day is tomorrow, June 14, 2008. Get out your needles or hooks or plastic canvas. Whatever it is that you do with yarn, get out there and stitch proudly in public tomorrow. Show the masses how we are preserving history and culture. Needlework is a universal language bringing many countries and people together by a common thread (no pun intended).

In other words.....STITCH PROUD!