January 6, 2006

On the needles...I mentioned that I'm working on the cover sweater from the Winter, 2005 issue of Interweave knits. Here are a few photos of it in progress. I haven't had alot of luck in the past knitting sweaters for myself, but this one seems to be going well- an inspiring yarn and big needles. The pattern called for Colinette Prism, but my fave yarn store, Needlework Unlimited in Minneapolis wasn't carrying it. I picked out a delicious varigated version of Manos del Uruguay- yum. It was a bit of a splurge for me, but my lovely mother gave me a generous gift certificate. The guage was a little off so I'm using a combination of size 13s, 11s, and 10.5s rather than the 11s, 10.5s, 10s called for in the pattern. I've been pretty fanatic about making sure it will fit as I've progressed, so hopefully the change will be ok. I'm hoping (fingers crossed) to have the sweater done by next weekend.