I read
this great post about Thanksgiving being a time for sewers to get back to their knitting, and I couldn't agree more. Craft maniacs separated from their machines need a different outlet when traveling. So here's my third sweater in my blue-green autumn trilogy. The yarn has a really great story: I bought it (three balls of Rowan machine washable wool) at a yard sale for 75 cents! At the time, I was worried that the seller was going to realize her ridiculous error and come running after me, at least for the alpaca (also 25 cents a skein, unbelieeeevable). To give you some perspective, the buttons cost seven times that. They're alternating gold and silver filigree balls. Choosing the right buttons for a sweater is something I would really like to get better at. I tend to go over the top (surprise, surprise) or, on rare occasion, too boring.
This Elizabeth Zimmermann "February sweater" from her almanac is a great pattern because it gives a beautiful result with minimal headaches. I made
one in cotton a few years ago. It's for a little baby who will be arriving in early 2012 on the West Coast.
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