FO-Summer Sweater, just in time

My sweater is finally complete! According to my mother, who saw the FO yesterday, it is unlike any other sweater she will see. She may be correct, but I would point out to you, if not to her, that there are a number of knitters who have knit similar sweaters with high ribbed collars, set-in sleeves, ribbed cuffs and a ribbed waist. Probably not so many in Louet MerLin though, as it does not seem to be as popular yarn as say, Cascade or Madelinetosh. This sweater is very similar to ankestrick's Romy or even Stefanie Japel's Short-Sleeved Cardigan with Ribbing (but with set-in sleeves instead of raglan, long-sleeves instead of short, and without the purled stripes. Yeah, just like it!).

I am particularly happy about the shoulders, as while I wish the Contiguous method were the one for me, I'm not completely happy with the shape of the shoulder caps with that method. Until someone figures out how to fix the pointiness (which no one else has remarked upon), I guess I will stick to The Tailored Sweater Method. It's fiddlier, but gives me the results I want.

A few notes to remember:
-the sweater was knit on size 5 needles, and the ribbing on size 4.
-the waist bind-off was with Jeny's incredible stretchy bind-off. I'm not sure that was necessary. For the button band ribbing, I did a regular bind-off on size 6 needles. For the sleeves, I did a regular bind-off on size 5 needles. I got lazy, and I haven't noticed any problems.

You can supposedly throw this yarn into the washer and dryer, but I'm not planning to. I'm just hoping it doesn't shrink remarkably and I'll be happy. The MerLin is very nice, but not very wooly (it's merino wool and linen, isn't that an interesting mix?). The upside is that I don't find it to be the slightest bit scratchy, aside from the stiffness of the linen, which I expect to lessen as the sweater gets more use.

Now, onto the future! I have five skeins of Madelinetosh Tosh Chunky and I plan on reknitting Owls with it. After that, I have three skeins of Madelinetosh Pashmina, and five skeins of Dream in Color Smooshy, so I'll have to decide on which project, exactly, I want to do. I'm on a yarn diet this year, and unfortunately it seems that I'm knitting so slow it won't make much of a difference. The rate of decrease in stash is very slow. Well hi there.