New Twist Collective

You've probably already seen the new Twist Collective:

I am a little behind on my blog reading and web-surfing and am just catching up.  As usual, I have just started my first project from the previous issue and here I am lusting after more knitting.

First, I'll just get this one out of my system.  I first saw it somewhere else, I don't remember where, a blog probably (apologies to whoever it was whose post caught my eye).  I do love this.  

But I will never wear it.  

I have long cardigan coats, and I don't wear them very much.  I think I love the idea more than the reality of the coat.  It is just too much knitting, and I think I like my coats with a little more structure.  Still...

At least I have learned something after all these years.

But there are plenty of things I do like and would wear:

I have been itching for cardigans lately, light to medium-weight cardigans.  I have cardigans of course, but they are either too much like a sweater set, probably because that is their provenance, or they are too bulky.  This might it the bill. It looks interesting to knit, classic enough to be versatile, but neither too boring or too "look what I can knit but probably shouldn't have bothered".  

Stormsvale looks even more interesting.  I like the finer gauge, and the color-work bands combined with the rather tailored style.  The high collar means it will probably be a little less versatile, but in the end I don't tend to just pull cardigans on randomly anyway.  I always end up working out outfits in my head.  It is too bad that although I always think "this goes with this" I still managed to look like I just reached into my closet and pulled out whatever came to hand.  It is an art I tell you.

Vivian by Ysolda Teague is a bit chunkier; knit at 4 1/4 stitches per inch (St st) with plenty of cables but it looks like a sweater that would fit well into Dutchess County life.  I was thinking of re-knitting Rogue with a zipper, especially as Rogue is getting a little loose, but I might do this first.  Or I might just do both.

There are also quite a few things in the accessories departments that hav e caught my eye:  pretty mittens and socks, a nice neck-warmer, a pretty hat.  But I don't need to go overboard.

I love these mittens, but I really don't need them, unless by some great surprise G finds himself able to go cross-country skiing again and we begin to go outside in the winter.  And these pretty color-work socks have also caught my fancy.  But frankly, I am usually just as happy knitting plain socks in multicolored yarn.

These are more winter eye-candy and knitting porn, not something that is likely to end up on my winter's needles.  But then you never know....

More than once I have said "I'm not going to knit "that" only to find it the next thing on the needles.

Comments

[PBnJ]

I'd never have the patience for all the cabling but I adore that red coat!! <3

[materfamilias]

I love that assessment: look what I can knit but probably shouldn't have -- I absolutely recognize this and can apply it to one or two sweaters that look great on the shelf but not so much on me.

[Liana]

I love your choices, and agree with the coat analysis. Not enough structure is, I think, the salient point. They always end up looking very bathrobe-like on me at least. I'd missed this, so am very glad you posted, besides enjoying your thoughts on the different patterns.