Although I was less than thrilled with the spring Interweave Knits, the spring Anny Blatt and Bouton D'or books have proven to be far more exciting and I am actually thinking about spring sweaters.
Both of these sweaters caught my eye immediately. The green one is from the Bouton D'or book and uses one of their new spring yarns, Selene, and the white one on the right is from Anny Blatt. I absolutely ADORE this sweater and must knit it.
Here are two more favorite temptations. I haven't yet decided which ones I am going to knit. The two white sweaters are both knit from a combination of Anny Blatt and Bouton D'or yarns and might be best completed with the suggested yarns. The other two -- well I don't know yet. Both the yellow and green sweaters use the same yarn, and there is only one color that appeals to me so either I will make a choice or I will knit one out of something else, always a possibility anyway. I will probably pick a yarn, swatch it, and decide which swatch I like best before making any firm commitment.
In the meantime I am progressing nicely on the rice stitch cardigan given that I haven't spent a great deal of time knitting. I am nearly up to the waist on the back and I must now make a decision as to weather I am making the sweater 28 inches or 26 inches long. I have been agonizing about this since I started: since I didn't do the alterations to the pattern, or figure out the yardage, and I can't remember the conversation when I ordered the yarn I am not completely certain that I have enough. I only have the idea that I usually order extra for lengthening most patterns, and assume that it will work.
I shall go for the longer length and hope for the best.
We are flying off to Tucson this afternoon for a long weekend. Hopefully there will be adequate knitting so that I at least finish the back of the sweater, and armed with that data, I will be able to calculate yarn used and yarn remaining and figure out exactly how much yarn I need and whether I will have enough, or whether I will be restarting at the beginning, or almost at the beginning by the time I rip back.
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