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Aug. 16th, 2021 09:56 amI am about halfway done with my current, cabled sweater project and it's shaping up very nicely. And also knitting up very fast - I'm nearly halfway done and it's only been two weeks - which is what happens when you make a sweater with worsted weight yarn instead of fingering weight. This is absurdly quick for me and makes me think that I may have time to make two sweaters this year instead of my now-traditional* yearly sweater. So I've been pondering possibilities for the second sweater.
I want to use this pattern to design my own colorwork sweater. (It's more of a recipe than a pattern, I suppose - the designer has done all the math for you but lets you make up all the design elements yourself. I love a recipe pattern.) This would be my first large colorwork project - I've done hats and mittens and a cowl before, but nothing as large as a sweater. So that's very exciting and would be a fun learning opportunity.
However! That would be two pullover sweaters in one year, so I am tempted to also make the second sweater the project where Sara Learns How To Steek and turn it into a cardigan. Steeking is a technique where, instead of knitting a cardigan flat, you knit it in the round like a pullover and then carefully cut the front open when you're done. That is mildly terrifying but knitting is one of the few areas in my life where I am wildly overconfident about my abilities and so I'm pretty sure that I'd manage it all right. Still, it would add more complexity to a probably allready-complex project.
I suppose I don't really need to make a decision until I finish the current sweater, really.
*This will be the third year in a row that I've made a sweater for myself. They usually get finished in September, so I can wear them the following autumn/winter. It's an excellent system.
I want to use this pattern to design my own colorwork sweater. (It's more of a recipe than a pattern, I suppose - the designer has done all the math for you but lets you make up all the design elements yourself. I love a recipe pattern.) This would be my first large colorwork project - I've done hats and mittens and a cowl before, but nothing as large as a sweater. So that's very exciting and would be a fun learning opportunity.
However! That would be two pullover sweaters in one year, so I am tempted to also make the second sweater the project where Sara Learns How To Steek and turn it into a cardigan. Steeking is a technique where, instead of knitting a cardigan flat, you knit it in the round like a pullover and then carefully cut the front open when you're done. That is mildly terrifying but knitting is one of the few areas in my life where I am wildly overconfident about my abilities and so I'm pretty sure that I'd manage it all right. Still, it would add more complexity to a probably allready-complex project.
I suppose I don't really need to make a decision until I finish the current sweater, really.
*This will be the third year in a row that I've made a sweater for myself. They usually get finished in September, so I can wear them the following autumn/winter. It's an excellent system.
