Winter Interweave

 Three seems to be the magic number for sweaters in new knitting publications this past month.  There are three sweaters I like in the Winter 2009 Interweave Knits, and just as in my last post, two are textured and one is colorwork.

 I adore this jacket. I loved it when I saw the first picture.  The second picture, of the back (below) sealed the deal.  I'm not sure I want it in alpaca, but that is not really an issue.  I want to start it now, tonight, yesterday even.  But I seem to say that about every project I see and I do have projects in the queue that I definitely want to wear soon, projects that are higher in priority than this.

 

But still, it is really lovely isn't it?

 











I also like this lovely Braided Riding Jacket.  I love the texture and the combination of patterns.  I  think it would be really fun to knit.

The pattern is written fro Tahki's Tweedy Alpaca yarn, but I think it would also work beautifully with some Tahki Donegal Tweed, some of which I have in my stash, and some of which is currently existing in the form of Rogue, which is getting a good bit too large and will probably be frogged and repurposed at the end of this winter if not before.

 And I mentioned that there was one color-work sweater I liked as well.  I was referring to Miss Michele's Jacket which is stranded color work at almost 9 stitches to the inch.  Not a fast project, but oh so lovely.

There are a couple of other projects that I think are pretty, but they are not for me, and there is a hat I like as well.  There seem to be a lot of hats I like floating around  and one of these days I might decide to knit myself one, but I haven't reached that stage yet.  There are a lot of higher priorities in my life.

Comments

[Sigrid]

Gorgeous sweater. Wish I could handle such a project, but haven't been knitting for about 15 years. But I might just buy the magazine to have the pattern.

[Grace]

I am thinking of knitting the top jacket, but only the sleeves, yoke and center front panels. I would sub a flowy knit fabric for the pleated lower body. A knit/sew combo. That would make it lighter and faster to make.

[K-Line]

Drop everything and start knitting that top one! It's fantastic. The cable at the back is just stunning. But it looks difficult...

[materfamilias]

Although I'm wary of alpaca other than at laceweight, knit into scarves, I do think it would give that sweater the drape that is such an important characteristic of it. Other than a silk-blend or bamboo, I'm not sure you'd get that from another fibre. What are you thinking of subbing?

[Lisette]

I feel the same about the first jacket, I wanted to drop everything and start knitting now. Maybe after I finish the seams on the 2 sweaters that are waiting...