I Must Knit This

I was toodling along various pathways on the web yesterday and I came across this sweater:

I was obsessed.  I must knit this.

The spring Anny Blatt and Bouton d'Or books came a couple of months ago and nothing really caught my fancy; not that the designs were bad, there was just nothing begging to be knit.

This sweater is in Anny Blatt Horst 13, the Horst series are not included in my "subscription" to Anny Blatt books and I often forget to look for them.

When I found this,  on Yarn Market's new Knitch Magazine I was obsessed with finding out what it was and where I could get it.

The book and the yarn are on their way to me even though I won't be knitting this until cool weather beckons again.

It struck me, as I clicked "buy" on my computer that until Thursday I hadn't bought any yarn since February; and now here I am on a mini buying spree of sorts.

Otherwise, nothing much has been happening.  Nothing has been finished although the "to be blocked" and "to be completed" piles are growing.

Oh I take that back.  I finished a block for to take with me tomorrow for the Eleanor Roosevelt Knit-In down at the Roosevelt Historic Site.  We are knitting blocks for Warm Up America, and I have one to knit while I am there.

Comments

[amy holmes]

please share a picture when you make this. it is GORGEOUS!!thanks for sharing,Amy

[Marji]

I love the projects that you pick! And I'm totally in love with this sweater. That brocade effect upper bodice is so intriguing. I'm anxious to hear what you have to say about the pattern when you read it.

[materfamilias]

Ooooh, pretty, pretty, pretty -- is that jacquard-looking part done on teeny needles? I'll be curious to find out more when you've got pattern and yarn in hand.

[Susan]

Egad. I totally agree. That is a stunning sweater, and it looks like it could be quite flattering. Good luck with it.
(I must say, however, that it looks like the model is wearing her boyfriend's pants.)