Favorite Summer Sweater

The title of this pattern is "Sally's Favorite Sweater" by Sally Melville from her book Book 1: The Knit Stitch. And Sally is absolutely right! It is one of my favorites:)

I knit this last spring after purchasing some Classic Elite Yarns Provence. (Liked the yarn so much I bought 3 more colors. Sweaters will be shared soon:)

It was fun to knit and I just love it. I wove the scarf this fall and like how it compliments the sweater.

I like this pattern so much that I have another one in the works. Will hopefully finish it this spring. For the bottom of the sweater and the sleeves you knit with 2 different size needles to get a lacy affect. Very clever!

It's a keeper!

Keave

A blast from the past! 

I knit this the year Alice Starmore's book "In the Hebrides" came out in 1995. I was working Saturday's at a yarn store (since closed) when sweaters from the book came to the shop for a trunk show. Fell in love with this one when I tried it on. I can still remember finishing the body and trying it on before I cut the armhole steaks. I walked into the playroom where my daughter and son were playing and, pretending to cry, I told them that mommy messed up with her sweater:) They were very consoling and quite astounded when I took the scissors to it! We all had a good laugh! It has been a favorite ever since:)

This second picture is truer to the colors. I need to find a better spot to photograph these sweaters!

Sweatshirt Sweater

Above is one of the newer sweaters in my closet. Knit in 2010 I believe. Actually, I use it more like a sweatshirt around the house:) It is very soft and cozy but the neck line is much to deep and wide. Sometimes it will even slip off one of my shoulders:( Every time I put it on I think about how to fix it. Ha! That will be a recurring theme on this here blog. I always feel as if I could have done something better on each sweater!

The pattern is Bedford by Michele Wang knit with Knit Pick's City Tweed.

I have used this yarn a few times and the sweater did grow after wearing. 

Below is a pic of sweaters I wore last week. Kept them out of the closet to take photos. All good intentions:) Maybe this week!

Newest Sweater

So, I started with the oldest knit I had in the closet. Therefore, I thought I would share the newest knit off the needles:) I began this sweater the Sunday before hurricane Sandy hit the east coast. It has been, and continues to be, a very difficult time for many people. We were very lucky and survived without any damage and power outage. Lots of time to knit as school was canceled for the week. The pattern is Drift, a free pattern by Berroco. I had the Cascade 220 yarn in the stash and wanted a simple knit. It worked up beautifully, though I was worried about the fit as I was working.

This is not unusual! Even after all these years of knitting I still second guess myself most of the time. Luckily, this time I was wrong and all came out well. I wore it to school today and stayed warm and toasty. As well as getting many compliments:) My students recognized it, as I had brought it in to school to work on. I went to JoAnn Fabrics and got the buttons Saturday. They are a bit heavy but I think they work well with the sweater.

As I begin this blogging journey I find myself thinking of how to proceed. I think I will just post as I wear a sweater or as one falls off the shelves:)

Cheers and thanks for reading:)

Earliest Knitting That I Have

I have started this blog as a way to record the "Sweaters from My Closet"! A good friend of mine ask me last year how many sweaters I had knit. As I have been knitting fairly consistently somewhere in the vicinity of 45 years, it is difficult to guess:) I did count the ones that I still had in my closet and that was 74. (I have added a few more since.) I am going to try and dust off the cobwebs to tell some of the sweater stories here. I will start with the vest below. 

I am estimating that I knit this around the age of 12, by the size of it. (30" bust, 20" long) I do remember going to the local yarn/needlepoint store (more needlepoint, crossstitch, and crewel kits than yarn) with my mom to buy the yarn. Some form of acrylic along the line of Red Heart. I think I bought all the colors they had! This would have been in the early seventies. I believe the pattern was from one of the ladies magazines such as Good Housekeeping. I was so very proud of this vest! Even crocheted around the arm holes and neck. Funny, I don't remember ever being this small and thin!!

Until next time, happy knitting!