My Blue Phase
Rowanspun Aran. Delicious, no? Webs was pretty much giving this stuff away a couple of summers ago, so I snatched up enough for a sweater for Rob (and I may have purchased enough of the 4 ply in Blood for a cardigan for myself). The yarn has some lovely flecks of blue, green, and purple, but we’re hoping that Rob won’t really notice the purple bits. I just broke open the bag a couple of days ago, and realized that it’s an odd yarn - it is felted, and pretty rough to knit with. Dunking my swatch briefly in water softened it up a ton, so hopefully Rob will be happy with the end result.
The Cambridge Jacket, from Interweave Knits Summer 2006. Rob hates cables and other floofy details, so ribs it is. I’m planning on knitting the sweater on the sly, which shouldn’t be too tough because Rob is seriously oblivious to anything that doesn’t involve numbers, the working condition of his vehicle, or ATHF. Perfect! Since I’m keeping this on the lowdown, I measured a bunch of Rob’s sweaters to figure out what size to make. They all have a 44 inch chest measurement, even the closest fitting sweaters he owns. Rob is a tall, slim man, and it seems totally crazy that his clothing is all this big. Maybe I’m just used to the ease that I put in my own sweaters (zero to negative), but that amount of ease seems like a lot…
I’m planning on knitting this pretty much to-pattern, except one detail - the bottom of the center front and back is stockinette, which rolls. It’s not rolling in the photo, but it really wants to. Bad! I know you can block it out, but why not toss in an inch of ribbing, especially for a sweater that has other rib details? So, more ribbing it will be. My gauge is off from the pattern, so I’ll be doing some math, but that should be no biggie.
All this blue is part of Project Spectrum. I had joined PS as an attempt to reach beyond my comfort zone, colorwise, but I already see that I’m unlikely to make much of a stretch - blue, green, red/black, and purple are all definitely kelly colors and are well represented in the stash. You won’t be seeing any orange sweaters around these parts!
Silver is ready to step up and be the feline representation for Project Spectrum. You go, girl!
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Lovely yarn! I bet Rob will love his sweater. :)
that will look fab in the Rowan! isn’t is crazy how much it softens up???
Do they have a hem in the pattern or is it the magical kind of stockinette that never rolls in the photoshoot? I think adding some ribbing at the bottom would make the design look mo’ better anyway.
That will look great–I really like that pattern. Too bad my guy doesn’t wear sweaters (or maybe that’s a good thing, I don’t have to feel guilty for not making him one).
I love that yarn, and I bet the ribbing at the bottom will look great. It’s amazing that he’s so oblivious to your knitting! :)
A fine choice! I actually have some of that same yarn and I was also thinking of making a similar sweater for myself. :)
Niiiice, both yarn and the pattern. A propos, the pattern. If you’re going to substitute the stockinette stitches in the front/back panels with ribbings, wouldn’t it that just turn the cardigan into normal ribbed cardigan?
I added ribbing to the bottom of the Longhorn Hoodie and simply blocked it stretched out so that it wouldn’t pull in to much, causing the fabric above to bunch over. It should work fine. I love the kitty picture. So cute!
Yeah, Peter is skinny as a rake and he has giganto sweaters. Skinny people don’t worry about looking fat.
I wish I had thought to put some ribbing on the bottom of mine. Oh well, I guess if it rolls too much, I’ll be adding that later!