One of the good things about being opinionated is you get to change your mind. Or at least I think so. Last week I was despairing about the autumnal colors and sent a picture to my sister who drooled over the orange and rust. She was all excited until I told her the finished circumference. This sweater is meant to have 13-7″ of ease going by the for chest measurement vs sweater measurement. Very Boxy. Anyway between the drooling and the OMG I cannot wear something that large I was fired up to knit and made good headway. Right around the the pivot point I decided I loved the hand of the fabric, the colors were fab and all that good stuff. Her ugh turned into my hurray a sweater for me. Here is hoping The Sweater for Me doesn’t result in the typical 2 years to complete.
My current work in progress is Magnolia. This design is by Marie Wallin and is her Fair Isle Club 4 {FIC4} offering. I hopped on this design because I had major regrets about missing last year’s garment and the only way to get previous patterns is to join ‘The Club’. This is knit in Rowan’s Felted Tweed yarn which I have not used previously. I am unsure if I like either the colors, which are much earthier and warmer than my usual fare*, or the yarn. I apparently lost 3 balls during my holiday travels and I hate the thought of having to purchase more!
In the non Debbie Downer front, even tho the colors are not my usual fare, the interplay of colors and the slight heatheriness/tweediness of yarn is pleasing. Also looking at the blown up image on my PDF the collar portion is really lovely. I also find the overall construction rather intriguing with the over arm strip. And of course I am excited to try the construction and garment shape prior to starting FIC3. Both garments are wickedly oversized, short, open fronted ala kimono cardigans. I am gifting myself the pattern for the third garment as a belated Christmas and requested the invoice last week.
yarny days and knitterly evenings,
~elka
*when I expressed doubts about the colors to my children they said I wear muted colors all the time anyway. In my head I wear bright jewel tones but come to think of it the bright jewel tones happened when I was younger. Recently, and this is turning into a long asterisk, I decided to do a style board to help me narrow down my knitting palette and it was full of burgundies and eggpanty purples and blues. So even tho my children are used to seeing me in black, grey and navy my heart still leans towards cool tones even tho they are more blackened.
