The new Anny Blatt book arrived.
I am not knitting the lovely sweater, which is called Valadon, in the color shown which is a light silvery gray/light gray mix. I am using this shade of Angora Super, which is called Celeste, and a lighter blue for the Victoria. IRL the celeste is similar to the color shown here, but perhaps just a tad more blue. The Victoria is back-ordered but should be in before I am ready to start the sweater.
It will not be a fast project, the jacquard-like bodice is knit at 30 stitches to 10 cm.
I feel doubly lucky because Valadon is not the only sweater I am interested in knitting in this book.
There are at least two other sweaters that I find very compelling, including this one, called Kennedy with fabulous cables and i-cord lacing in Merinos and Victoria.
It seems that I every time I decide I dislike some knitting technique, I immediately fall in love with sweater after sweater that employs that technique. I learned to love ribbing by knitting ribbed sweater after ribbed sweater. I see that I shall learn to love i-cord as well.
On other fronts I am knitting but have made no progress on blocking or sewing together. I collapse in my chair in a state of happy exhaustion each night and am thrilled to manage a little stockinette.
Which reminds me, I need to go count rows.
OMG this is gorgeous!!! This would make a handknitter out of me!
Posted by: Monique | Monday, July 06, 2009 at 11:03 PM
omg, that is so gorgeous! So much work and you'd probably need a lot of serious winter to enjoy it, but stunning!
Posted by: materfamilias | Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 11:42 AM
I have a hand crank i-cord maker that would be perfect for that purpose.
Posted by: Grace | Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 01:18 PM
Wow, Kennedy is a great sweater. It is totally wrong for my climate and lifestyle, but the center cable panel is so compelling in a sculptural sort of way.
Posted by: Grace | Saturday, May 09, 2009 at 11:59 AM