This is a story about how sometimes I don’t have my life as together as I wish that I did. Or maybe it’s about how I wish that there were more hours in the day or I had more time for knitting. I’m not sure. What I know is that it’s a story about how I was supposed to finish a sweater by February 20, and instead I finished it on March 13.
In late January, I agreed to test a sweater pattern for Thea Colman, and she VERY kindly sent me a sweater quantity of YOTH Father in a glorious color called Sea Salt that she happened to already have. I started the sweater, and I really enjoyed knitting it. It’s a great pattern. It’s well written, and easy to follow. The hardest part of the pattern is the diamond cabling on the front. While the other cables in the pattern are easy to memorize the diamonds are not. They did eventually become somewhat intuitive, but they were never what I’d call super easy.
Peated Whisky is not a mindless knit as you may have guessed. But it isn’t as complicated as it might look. The primary reasons why I took far too long knitting it were a lack of solid knitting time in my February and spending two days laid up with the flu and unable to knit. (Yes, I didn’t knit a single stitch for two whole days. I know; it boggles the mind.)
I love cabled sweaters. I feel like that ought to be pretty evident by now. This sweater is covered in cables. It’s also warm and snuggly. It was about 40 degrees Fahrenheit when we took these pictures, and I was quite warm. I’ve been envisioning it as something of what I call a “sweatshirt sweater,” something that I can snuggle up in on chilly days and feel deliciously cozy.
I highly recommend Peated Whisky. It’s a delightful pattern. It was fun to knit, and it’s delightful to wear. I have a feeling that it’s going to get a good deal of use over the next few weeks as winter fades out. I also love YOTH Father. It’s a wonderful yarn, and I know that I’m going to use it again-hopefully soon.
Raveled here.
If you’re interested, the dress that I’m wearing is Coco by Tilly and the Buttons. I utterly adore this sewing pattern, and the dress that I’m wearing is my third (and not final) Coco.
A Large Cup of Tea and a Long Book 