In Which I Ponder Summer Knitting

CogKnition — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:11:47 +0000

It’s a little bit incongruous, working on the other Anemoi Mittens while surfing for summer tops. But my life is a bit incongruous right now, as I’m dividing my time between Pittsburgh (brrrr), Milwaukee (brrrrrrr!), and Houston, Texas.

And starting this summer, I will be living in Texas full-time, so I might as well look into this business of knitting for warm weather.

Given that the Auburn Camp Shirt was selected for Knitting Daily’s spring gallery, I strongly suspect that I’m not the only one who’s rather smitten with this top.

I love the little details, the subtle texture of the fabric, the turned-up cuffs (though I’d probably sew down that tab to keep myself from going crazy). It has a nice fitted shape that can still be layered over a camisole. This seems like it would be eminently wearable for most of the year in Texas.

The Yosemite top in the latest Knitty also looks like a keeper. I love cabled ribs and shawl collars!

If I were to knit this, I’d probably add an inch or so of regular ribbing at the bottom and at the sleeves to give it a more finished-looking edge, and I’d probably make turn the sleeves into regular cap sleeves instead of knitting them straight down from the armhole.

Are any of you from warm-to-raging-hot areas? If so, what do you knit?

Sweater Life Cycle

CogKnition — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 04:20:59 +0000

Embryo sweaters:

Baby sweater:

Ghost sweaters:

These are the sweaters I crave. They haunt my dreams at night, begging to be knit. On the top left, we have the Vintage Pink Cardigan by Norah Gaughan from the Spring 2005 Interweave Knits. Top right is the Venezia Sweater by Eunny Jang from the Winter 2006 Interweave Knits. Bottom left is a cabled cardigan by Margaret O’Leary from the Fall 2006 Vogue Knitting. Bottom right is the Tangled Yoke Cardigan, also by Eunny, from the Fall 2007 Interweave Knits.

The yarn for the first two sweaters is already sitting in my stash, except for one ball of Jamieson’s Spindrift that I’m going to swap out for a different color. They are in the queue for whenever I finish my frantic re-knit of the Hourglass Sweater and Rogue.

If there is still winter left when I finish those, then I will cast on for the other two sweaters. I have wanted a black cabled cardigan exactly like this one for years. I see everyone wearing one, but for some reason I cannot find one I like in stores—something is always wrong, whether it be cut, fit, or quality of materials. Knit out of the right yarn, it will make a good all-season garment.

The Tangled Yoke Cardigan, well, it’s just pretty.

Now if only the blasted weather would cool off again so I can knit without sweating. Is that really so much to ask?

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