If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me how long it takes me to make a sweater, well, I'd probably be able to buy yarn to make another sweater or two.
I decided to calculate it. I went through my projects page on Ravelry to see exactly how long.
Pattern | Started | Finished | Days | Years, Months and Days |
Gems | 09/01/12 | 11/04/14 | 794 | 2 years, 2 months, 3 days |
Agnes | 08/27/13 | 10/12/14 | 411 | 1 year, 1 month, 16 days |
Lacey | 04/01/13 | 04/15/14 | 379 | 1 year, 14 days |
Eyelet | 02/07/14 | 02/22/14 | 15 | 15 days |
Dahlia | 04/15/13 | 02/17/14 | 308 | 10 months, 2 days |
February Lady | 09/16/10 | 01/12/14 | 1214 | 3 years, 3 months, 27 days |
Zooey | 08/14/13 | 11/12/13 | 151 | 4 months, 29 days |
Gemini | 12/18/11 | 01/28/13 | 282 | 9 months, 9 days |
Strobilus | 01/16/12 | 11/06/13 | 660 | 1 year, 9 months, 21 days |
Aidez | 01/01/13 | 03/01/13 | 59 | 2 months |
Raindrop | 04/11/12 | 09/08/13 | 515 | 1 year, 4 months, 28 days |
Runcorn | 05/08/12 | 02/18/13 | 286 | 9 months, 10 days |
Who Me? | 11/17/12 | 01/25/13 | 69 | 2 months, 8 days |
Girl Friday | 09/05/12 | 12/24/12 | 110 | 3 months, 19 days |
Lustro | 08/16/12 | 12/23/12 | 129 | 4 months, 7 days |
Nip/Tuck | 04/01/12 | 09/22/12 | 174 | 5 months, 21 days |
Raglan | 07/27/12 | 08/12/12 | 16 | 16 days |
Peacock | 04/01/12 | 07/03/12 | 93 | 3 months, 2 days |
Hey Teach | 07/01/11 | 06/27/12 | 362 | 11 months, 26 days |
Apres Surf | 07/12/10 | 05/04/12 | 662 | 1 year, 9 months, 22 days |
Tenney Park | 01/22/12 | 04/27/12 | 96 | 3 months, 5 days |
Tulip | 05/21/11 | 04/10/12 | 325 | 10 months, 20 days |
Leaf | 08/11/11 | 04/05/12 | 238 | 7 months, 25 days |
Central Park | 11/29/11 | 02/25/12 | 88 | 2 months, 27 days |
Tunic | 02/07/11 | 05/01/11 | 83 | 2 months, 24 days |
Vignette | 01/01/12 | 03/21/12 | 80 | 2 months 20 days |
Joanie | 09/12/11 | 01/16/12 | 126 | 4 months, 4 days |
Bulky | 09/24/11 | 12/25/11 | 92 | 3 months, 1 day |
Ruby | 08/30/11 | 11/29/11 | 91 | 2 months, 30 days |
Cardiff | 09/17/11 | 11/15/11 | 59 | 1 month, 29 days |
Lattice | 11/05/10 | 07/07/11 | 244 | 8 months, 2 days |
Ophelia | 04/01/11 | 05/02/11 | 31 | 1 month, 1 day |
Red | 10/26/10 | 03/11/11 | 136 | 4 months, 13 days |
Arbor | 04/23/10 | 02/21/11 | 304 | 9 months, 29 days |
Cadence | 12/14/10 | 01/20/11 | 37 | 1 month, 6 days |
Lia | 10/25/10 | 01/11/11 | 78 | 2 months, 17 days |
Trellis & Vine | 04/01/10 | 12/14/10 | 257 | 8 months, 13 days |
Shalom | 09/16/10 | 10/22/10 | 36 | 1 month, 6 days |
Betty | 08/01/10 | 09/02/10 | 32 | 1 month, 1 day |
Helleborus | 08/20/10 | 10/09/10 | 50 | 1 month, 19 days |
Egret | 05/06/10 | 09/19/10 | 136 | 4 months, 13 days |
Tappan Zee | 05/01/10 | 07/18/10 | 78 | 2 months, 17 days |
Gretel | 04/04/10 | 05/20/10 | 46 | 1 month, 16 days |
Seaweed | 03/23/10 | 05/04/10 | 42 | 1 month, 11 days |
Cocoon | 08/25/09 | 03/18/10 | 205 | 6 months, 21 days |
Freyja | 02/12/10 | 03/13/10 | 29 | 1 month, 1 day |
Scoop | 01/09/10 | 02/10/10 | 32 | 1 month, 1 day |
Amused | 12/01/09 | 01/27/10 | 57 | 1 month, 27 days |
A-line | 10/17/09 | 12/29/09 | 73 | 2 months, 12 days |
Camden | 09/08/09 | 12/03/09 | 86 | 2 months, 25 days |
Baby-Doll | 05/01/09 | 08/07/09 | 98 | 3 months, 6 days |
Shell | 07/06/09 | 08/25/09 | 50 | 1 month, 19 days |
Leaf Yoke | 05/28/09 | 06/27/09 | 30 | 30 days |
Owls | 01/20/09 | 03/11/09 | 50 | 1 month, 19 days |
Using the magic of spreadsheet formulas, I determined the average number of days to make a sweater is 188.5925925926. That averages out to just over 6 months. I always say, "It varies," and now you can see what I mean. One sweater took me over 3 years (mostly because I lost the project bag and didn't find it for quite some time) and two have taken just over 2 weeks (The Ravellenic Games challenges you to start a project when the Olympics start and finish before they end. I've succeed twice).