May I just say how glad I am to see the huge droopy stockinette sweaters with sleeves down to your knees move out of the “Hot Right Now” category on Ravelry? No one likes a nice big cozy sweater better than I do, but how many versions of huge droopy sweater with no difference except maybe a v-neck versus a crew neck can one person design? Or knit? Or wear? Come on, people! We want texture, we want cables, we want lace, we want color, and we want fit, and we can have it because we’re knitters, not machines!
And our fall schedule of classes will give us just that. So much variety, challenge, and knitting fun, you’ll love it, I promise. We’re working on it and will have a new schedule up in a week or so. I’m afraid a summer off from commitments was something Deb, Karen and I all needed this year, but we’re back! Here’s just a hint of what’s coming:
Plus there are small projects that will improve your knitting skills and engage your interest, so stay tuned!
Since I was rebelling against big droopy sweaters and getting tired of Ravelry’s herd mentality, I decided to spend an afternoon looking through some old magazines for inspiration. This Winter 2016 issue of Interweave Knits did the trick for me. It’s actually full of great cable-y, bobbly, texture-y projects. I decided on this one:
I made mine in Aventura, a tweedy alpaca/wool blend:
Quite fun to knit, with a one-piece bottom-up construction, which means you knit the body in the round to the armholes, and both sleeves to the same point, then join everything in the round and decrease raglan-style to the neckline. It was a little tricky to decrease away the cables, but it turned out fine and the bonus of this kind of construction is: No Sleeves to knit at the end! The pattern is called Glasgow Sweater, and I can’t sell it to you, but you can download it from Interweave for $7.99 or (if you’re interested) do yourself a favor and download the whole issue for $5.00! But first, search the shelf of old magazines (that we all have) – maybe it’s already there!
Meanwhile, the desire for cables still has me in its grip so I’m looking for my next project. Maybe an afghan??
