Infatuation

It's time for a new project, something that I can really sink my knitting teeth into.  Having had recent success with a few fair isle projects, I think I'm ready for a truly big and challenging fair isle sweater - for me.  Initially I had thought I wanted to knit something from Dale of Norway; I really love the pattern for the baby sweater I knit last summer.  I looked at all of the DoN patterns I could find at my local LYS, and checked on-line to see if there were some I was missing.  None of them really fit what I had in mind, most had some patterning with lots of plain SS.  I really want to knit something with all-over pattern, and multiple colors.  The sweater also has to flatter me (color-wise, boxy fair-isle sweaters by nature won't be that flattering on me).  I finally found what I was looking for in the Estonian Garden Cardigan pattern by Harrisville.  I'm going to have to size it up one notch, but the pattern makes it easy (just cursed the whole project there) to do.  I picked up most of my yarn yesterday at Weaving Works, they carry Harrisville Shetland on cones for weavers, so I got it for $2.20 an ounce.  The main color (a gray called Suede) is on order, but there was enough in the shop for a sizable swatch.  Anybody want to start a betting pool on my completion date?  I could probably knit it in two months...but I doubt it.

Comments

[moiraeknittoo]

Oh, that's going to be fabulous! I hope you post pics while it's WIP as well as when it's completed! :D

[Elaine]

I will! I meant to take pictures of all the yarn last night, but I was too impatient to start swatching so I did that instead. It felt like a first date :)

[Jessica]

Great. Are you going to tango with a tree when it's done, like the picture shows? 'Cause I want to be there for that...

[Elaine]

I'm a little less "Dances with Trees" and a little more "Wallows on Couch".

[Rabbitch]

Oh, that's going to be nice!

I've lost everything from my old hard drive, hopefully temporarily, however I am unable to email you or Sez right now. I won't be there this weekend due to a never-ending series of fiscal, administrative and technological messes that have been raining down on my pointy noggin.

The Rabbitch shall rise again, and more than likely right quick (you've met me, you know now long I stay down) and when I do I shall be driving there to see said cardigan.