Oh look!

Four years ago I went to Stitches South and I'm ashamed to say that I've only knit one project (February Lady Cardigan) from all the yarn I purchased on that trip. That's about to change.

The Rainbow Cardigan by Ruth Sorenson knit with Kauni yarn has been on my mind since I first saw it on the Yarn Harlot's blog. It's totally magical!

Could I love this sweater any more? No! But I'm going to use a different pattern....and different colors, which makes perfect sense if you're a knitter. So, rather than have a geometric stripe/square thing going on, I'm going to go with a thistle-like pattern.

In this yarn....that I purchased four long years ago.

The colors change from purple to ochre to green to pink. I think the damask/tapestry pattern (originally from Dale of Norway) will be tremendous in this colorway. So I've been planning. While the sweater looks vastly complicated with a bazillion color changes, it's only two strands yarn started at different points in the skein. Now I just need to figure out what colors to start with. I'm not a very mathy person (I'm a victim of the "new math" experiment of the 1970s) so I have no idea how to even begin to calculate where the color changes will occur, and, most importantly, what color combination will be at boob level. Hence my hesitation.

I'm also a bit muddled about the needles. I'm a straight needle kind of gal. Always have been. This sweater is knit in the round and will require the use of circular needles. Ack! I guess I could knit it on super long DPNs, or knitting pins as the Brits call them, but there's an element of horror in that thought as well. So I'll go with circs, but in what material? Nickel plated? Acrylic? Laminated birch? Then add the whole metric thing. The pattern calculations are in pesky centimeters and to be honest, my measurement numbers are getting a little too big for comfort.

All that said, I did start a tiny swatch and I LOVE the yarn. It's wool. It's simple. It's elegant. Some may find it a bit scratchy, but I think it's completely lovely. Stay tuned. I'll try to blog about it regularly, because it's a good excuse to get out of doing house work.

Now, I just have to focus and not get distracted. Oh look! Lacy Baktus!

Size three needles, in Lana Grossa Lace Lux, about 60% complete. Stay tuned. I'll try to blog about it regularly because it's a good excuse to get out doing yard work.

Now I just have to focus and not get distracted. Oh look!