I wrapped up the yarn for this project and gave it to my mother for Christmas 2001. I promised her a finished sweater for her birthday in 2002. One year late, but it's finally finished. It was my first attempt at intarsia (why start small?) and in the meantime of course I've completed many other smaller intarsia projects. I am so proud of having finished this one though. I love how it came out and so does my mother.