Bring on the sweaters!
I'm with Jared on this: screw the summer! I'm having a sweater moment. Or maybe it's a sweater year.
It's top-down construction, but with a cable pattern that wraps around the body. With 12 stitches per cable, though, I'm using one of my #5 Denise needles as a stitch holder. The yarn is Rowan Kid Soft, from a failed, too, too big sweater from last year. Yes, I'm one of the weird ones, the ones who will frog whole sweaters and knit something else. I can't waste good yarn. Besides, it's green.
A yarn order was delayed; a good thing, because it forced me to sit down and calculate cable placement. The main difference with this top-down is that I'm knitting the front and back separately and joining them at the underarm. Then I'll backstitch the shoulders together. This sweater will need seams to support the bulky cable pattern.
Knitworthy: Yeah, Emily and her Amazing Lace teammates. Yep, *all* of them.
Blogworthy:
◊ Images within images. Very, very neato. This was created in conjunction with Getty Images, and there's a few of them here. I wonder if there's some kind of algorithm behind all of it, and pulls images from a database.
◊ My newest site of good links, Neatorama. Check out these cool-ass pumpkins and the heart cloud!
◊ Dutch shoplifters, beware! This was pretty funny.
◊ Happy 666!
Heh. That shoplifting clip was pretty funny. I bet she'll think twice next time.
That is a BIG cable! I think it's great you are reusing the yarn. It's a great shade of green.
A cable that wraps around the body??? That sounds very cool!
The yarn looks so squishy soft!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your post!!! I thought that I was the only one who could get within sight of the end of a sweater project,then get all pouty and frog the whole thing. I lately have been working new patterns in "cheap" yarn, then re-working the project with the good stuff. Is that snobby? I don't want to be a yarn snob. It's just that I have this love affair with Malabrigo, but this wonderful yarn doesn't lend itself to being frogged. Why waste it needlessly? I enjoy the process of knitting, but hate messing up yarn. So, thanks again! I feel ok about what I've been up to!
The yarn is so fluffy and soft, it's worth the frogging.
Love the blogworthy section today! I'm bookmarking the pumpkins for halloween reference! (after I play a quick round of space invaders!)
hell yeah! sweater year for sure. i'm feeling the same way. the list is endless, and no matter how many i finish, i feel like my thirst for another is never quenched! wahooo
That sweater already looks SOOO comfy. I can't wait to see the final result. The cable reminds me of Teva Durham.
I just frogged a sweater to save the yarn. It may be a lot of work, but it's so worth it in the end not to feel twinges of guilt or waste.
Very cool blogworthy links!
This sweater is going to look gorgeous, what a beautiful, soft yarn! I'm quite curious to see the cabling that's wrapping around the body!
i LOVE that color! drop me an email with your addy, i want to send you some glenwood ;)
i'm with you, summer just isn't happening here in VT so today I cast on for a full-on sweater. honestly. it's 45 degrees and pouing rain for the 4th week. my summer of climbing and mtn biking has turned into a summer of almost nothing :(
btw - the shawl looks gorgeous!
i'm with you, summer just isn't happening here in VT so today I cast on for a full-on sweater. honestly. it's 45 degrees and pouing rain for the 4th week. my summer of climbing and mtn biking has turned into a summer of almost nothing :(
btw - the shawl looks gorgeous!