Autumn Sweater

So next year is the year of the sweater. I bought the yarn after much deliberation with Hamster_Grrl. I decided on Kraemer Yarns Mauch Chunky for the 'Fairly Easy Fair Isle" sweater from SnB Nation.

The brown will be the main color with olive, sage and off white accents. I hope it will become my go anywhere, do anything sweater. The one I have been wearing since I bought it at a rummage sale in 199? is getting a little too battered to continue wearing. I pointed out to my mom and Artgirl that I could wear it over my wedding dress and Artgirl threatened to burn it. I countered with demoting her from maid of honor to uninvited but you get the picture.

New sweater it is.

Year of the sweater

So this year my big knitting goal was to conquer socks. I have one in progress (check back tomorrow for an update on how that is going....riiiiiight) even if I didn't really conquer them so much.

I've decided that next year will be the year of the sweater! My current cardigan does not match any of my clothes and gets more raggedy by the day. I feel ready to start bigger projects. Plus they will keep me occupied for a long time out in the desert and will travel great in my new bag (see yesterdays post). Specifically, I think I am ready to start these two projects. Fair Isle and Lace too!

If you can't tell from the small pictures, these are the Fairly Easy Fair Isle sweater and the Lucky Clover Lace Wrap both from Stitch N Bitch Nation! I will do the Fair Isle in the dark grey with different accent colors (I don't do pink) and the lace wrap in something less bright than the blue here. Maybe a cream or some other neutral so I could wear it with a lot of t-shirts. Good thing that scarf was colorful! Sounds like I am back to neutrals...