January 13, 2006 Pirate Sweater

I finally decided on my next project- a pirate sweater for Emerson. I thought about a cute dinosaur sweater from , but he seems to be more into the pirate thing these days. The pattern is from Adorable Knits by Zoe Mellor. The pattern calls for Rowan Handknit Cotton, but my lys didn't have the colors I wanted (plus I'm not a huge fan of knitting with cotton) so I decided to substitute Lana Grossa Merino Big in gray, ecru and red. I do love the Lana Grossa yarns, but not a huge fan of big areas of stockinette on size 6 needles. On the other hand in about 1.5 hours I got through 30 of the 84 necessary rows on the back, which is some signifcant progress.

After reading some of the readers' reviews on Amazon I'm a little concerned about the sizing and errors, but I'll try it on as I go and hope it works(!). I did find one pattern error already-in the transition from the ribbed edge it says end on a RS row and then the next step is to start on a RS row- doesn't really work that way. Hopefully I can just solve those issues as they arise. During my decision making I also came across alot of patterns I liked in Lucinda Guy's Handknits for Kids- perhaps my next project!