All the Sweater Plans
I spent a lot of this month knitting and sewing a lot of things for other people, which is both satisfying and extremely annoying at the same time — I love giving people presents of things I’ve made, but I don’t like having to give a thing I made away, and I also worry about them not liking it. Now that I’m done with all of those not-for-me things, I’ve been keeping a list of all the things I’m going to make next. For some reason, they’ve all turned out to be sweaters, so it looks like 2019 is going to start off with a very comfortable but slow bang.
First up is finishing my Weekender Sweater, made with Hello Stella Worsted in Lavender Latte, which I snagged from La Mercerie.
Next, I’m going to participate in Karen Templar’s steekalong, although instead of knitting Sólbein I’m going to make a green Dreyma Cardigan, which is what I had already planned on making with my Icelandic Léttlopi haul. The steekalong coincides nicely with my existing plan to convert Dreyma from a pullover to a cardigan by learning how to steek (thanks to inspiration from Rachel Price, aka half of Spincycle Yarns), and I’m glad that my first steeking experience won’t be a solo adventure.
Then, I’m going to make a Black Heart Fade version of Andrea Mowry’s Rose Cardigan, with this amazing fade I bought from House of A La Mode. Heather is also holding a HOALM winter knitalong featuring Andrea’s patterns, so by default I’ll be participating in this one, too!
After that I might need to take a break from sweaters, but I also did just buy Dissent by Andrea Rangel, and I might be tempted to make one sooner rather than later…