I have failed in my attempt at monogamous knitting. So much for good intentions. After finishing the back of the Aiko sweater I could not get myself motivated for the front. I love the sweater and love the yarn but am too tempted by other things right now. Besides am I going to be wearing cashmere in the near future? I hope not.
I finally ripped out the entire front; all 3 inches of it -- as you can tell I had not gotten far. My heart wasn't really in it. It took me several tries at casting on. Even then, I couldn't keep the pattern straight and it is a simple pattern, I kept dropping stitches in the middle of crosses. No fun.
Still I hated the thought of starting something just to abandon it for two weeks after only a couple of rows or inches (if I am lucky). So I tackled the unfinished sweater pile.
First I finished this:
I actually knit this in April 2003 on a trip to Knoxville and Hilton Head. We met Rich who is now my step-son-in-law on that trip. I never meant for the sweater to sit before I knit it up. In fact I wanted to wear it. But I came home from the trip and threw the bag with the completely knitted but unblocked sweater in a box and forgot about it. Then I bought more yarn and threw that on top of the sweater in the box, and well, you know what happened next, it was totally lost. Recently in trying to make some order out of chaos, I unearthed this sweater. It was pretty easy to finish as it was knit all of a piece. This photo shows the neckline unfinished, as the pattern recommended, but I couldn't accept that. I have knit a little rolled stockingette band. The photo with the neckband did not come out as well as this one though so you will just have to imagine it.
I also got a sweater on the blocking board:
This is a duplicate of a top I knit a few years ago. The original was a favorite and this summer I got a big pink stain on the middle of the chest (beets perhaps?). I really couldn't imagine my summer without the sweater so I knit another one last fall, in September actually. The pattern was from Vogue Knitting, Spring Summer 2000 and was knit in a Adrienne Vittadini yarn, Miranda. The new version was knit in Elena by Filatura di Crossa and I actually think I like this better. The guage is actually the same but the sweater is lighter and scrunchier. I am looking forward to wearing it.
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