Tangerine Calmer Pullover
A few weeks ago I decided to finish old projects instead of start a bunch of new ones. I'm sure this is obvious to most people, but it wasn't to me until I just thought of it. Whenever I do so much as swatch for a new project, I end up abandoning whatever I was working on. My new plan is just to pick up an unfinished project, finish it (including weaving ends and blocking) and only then can I pick up another unfinished project.
SO, this sweater is the fruit of my new idea to finish things! The pattern is free, so if you want to make it, you are in luck! Here's the link to the pdf, from the Tahki site. I first saw the picture of the pattern in the Tahki ads in Knit.1 magazine and I fell in love with it. Then, the Spring Summer Vogue Knitting arrived, and whoopdeedoo the pattern is free! It worked out really well for me.
The yarn is Rowan Calmer, and the color is Tangerine. I ordered it on super sale for 6 bucks a ball from The Knitting Garden. They have a lot of good sales. The color was only current for one season, last summer, and then it was immediately discontinued. As soon as I saw Tangerine last year, I thought it didn't really fit in with the rest of the colors. It's so bright! But, I love it. The sweater took about 7 balls.
One modification that I made was to convert the sweater to the round. I made the sleeves and the body in the round up to the arm holes, then I began working back and forth. Overall, it worked very well. The other modification was on the collar. Right before I bound off, I did K3 K2tog to bring in the collar a little. I hate when my sweaters fall off my shoulders, so this mod makes it stay on me.
That's the close-up of the cable. It kept things interesting when I was otherwise working stockinette.
Now I'm working on an abandoned pair of Socks that Rock:
The color is Watermelon Tourmaline in the mediumweight. I'm just doing stockinette because I love the colors so much and I just want the colors to shine through.
I have so many projects to blog about, and I just need to find the words to describe them. See you soon!
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