I think I shall have to officially declare this SouleMama's Self-Indulgent Summer of Sweaters. Or something like that, anyway. Can you believe how many sweaters I've knit this year for, um....myself? I can't, really. But I counted and this one here makes four finished in just as many months. My goodness.
I really had no intention of making myself another. In fact, it's high time that I move onto other people...namely a few holiday sweaters in progress, not to mention The Big One. But there I was wandering the shelves at KnitWit, talking with Anna about the new Quince & Co yarn, and I saw this yellow. That yellow! It's really my favorite yellow, I think (almost like lichen). I couldn't put it down....and with it's gauge of 3 sts to the inch, and the Oatmeal Pullover fresh on the brain from a recent Ravelry browse....well, you see how it happened, don't you? Entirely by accident, I found myself knitting this sweater. Thinking it would go fast (and it did), and then I'd get right on back to the knitting for others.
I cast on for this one last Monday. By Thursday morning, after our long drive to camp the sleeves were done. I found myself weaving in the ends just as we hit the camp road (perhaps not recommended, I might add. Needles are poky on bumpy dirt roads). Perfectly timed, I snipped the last bit of yarn with my scissors and stepped out of the car. Amazing, really....as though it was a sweater meant to be (hee). By early evening, the breeze on the dock and the mosquitoes on my arms had me ready to wear my new sweater right on through to marshmallow time. (Nope, no time or place for blocking!)
(Of course, since the weekend at camp, it's been nearly a hundred degrees here each day...so the sweater is sitting patiently waiting for cooler weather once again.)
{Thanks to Steve for the photos!}
I love this sweater. I love it's easiness and comfort. This might be my third or fourth pattern of Jane's and I'm so pleased with how clear her patterns are - and the designs so fun. And I do love that yarn - such fun to work with a new made-in-Maine fiber (Quince & Co is the work of Pam Allen, among other talented Maine folk). The Puffin was a dream to work with. It has a slightly felted feel to it, if that makes any sense (for a yarn that isn't felted). I don't often love working with such big yarn and needles - there's something about it that can feel awkward and fumbly and even rushed in it's quickness...but I'd say this one was a success for me.
And now onto some knitting for others!