It’s here! Sweater weather, that is. It’s actually been cool enough, at night and in the air-conditioned workplace, for me to wear a sweater indoors. Heaven, I tell you. Heaven.
Of course, I’m getting bored with all of my clothes and have begun to dream of – are you sitting down? good – actually knitting a sweater for myself. I’ve been contemplating the Sienna Cardigan from the Fall IK for some time. You know, the cardigan that’s going to magically transform my life into something chic and European?
And this post actually provides great inspiration for a first-timer. All that seaming sounds a bit tedious, but oh well – as all grad students know, sometimes you have to go through hell to get what you want!
The Winter IK preview is also full of good stuff. Particularly the Nantucket Cardigan:
Cables! Seed stitch! 3/4 length sleeves! It’s everything I love, all wrapped up in one nice little cozy place.
One of them, if not both, will be mine. In nineteen days – 19 days! – I’ll be free of the lib school grind, either for good or until January. And that means only one thing: knitting. And lots of it.
November 2, 2006 at 6:40 am
The cardies are super, bit beyond my knitting capabilities as I have only just started. Will be back to see the finished article.
November 2, 2006 at 9:44 am
I laughed at the “are you sitting down” part – I wonder how many of your readers regularly stand up to check blogs.
And oh my, I love that Nantucket cardigan.
November 3, 2006 at 11:28 am
Anne’s funny. I always stand when reading blogs. It’s the only way. “Standing while reading blogs is the new black.”
Clearly the lack of food right now is getting to me.
I started knitting before Sarah did and just look at her and her skills. I am so impressed with that sweater. I suck at seaming though, so nothing but sweaters in the round for me right now I’m afraid…
November 4, 2006 at 7:42 pm
When, oh when, will the winter IK come through my door slot? The preview is killing me with loveliness.
November 14, 2006 at 2:29 pm
I love both of those cardis. I just finished the Sienna one, and am itching to do the Nantucket. Hence: you have good taste
Mattress stitching is so satisfying that I didn’t mind the seaming. The Sienna went REALLY fast. It was only my second adult-sized sweater, and it was easy.