I am still a) waiting for my camera and, b) slaving away on my boring Tea Leaves Cardigan…but, of course anticipating my next project. I am thinking about a design from this book:
The pattern that called my name from the beginning is The Fan:
Sally and I both love this design. Its size is deceiving: it takes a LOT of yarn!! It involves acres of garter stitch. But, it is beautiful. In Ravelry, all of the finished projects are gorgeous. The yarn called for is Isager’s own line of very expensive and slightly hard to come by yarns. We are looking at Kidlin from Louet:
Kidlin by Louet, Color Woodland
The gauge is dead on and it mimics the original, where two very lightweight yarns are held together. I have loved this color (Woodland, color 41) — for years and finally pulled the trigger and bought it (at The Yarnery). I am inspired to start it but I think I must finish Tea Leaves first, or never will. I hope my inspiration does not wane before then! That has been known to happen on far too many occasions!
Last evening I was reunited with my knitting peeps at our weekly Thursdays at Four knitting group, which I had missed the last two times. Great to see the gang!! They inspire and re-energize me!
Lovely design; lovely yarn!
Comment by Kym — March 19, 2010 @ 6:28 pm
I agree with you and Sally — now I have to think about buying the book – darn!
Comment by Chloe — March 19, 2010 @ 11:08 pm
That is a dynamite book. I hope you both knit that sweater – so I can have the vicarious pleasure of watching it.
Comment by twinsetellen — March 20, 2010 @ 9:04 am
now i want to knit one of these too! not fair. there have been too many line jumping sweaters lately.
i’m looking forward to seeing how that kidlin knits up.
Comment by dana — March 22, 2010 @ 11:51 am
Whoo, that pattern and the yarn are fabulous! Thanks for showing me the possibilities…..
Comment by gail — March 22, 2010 @ 11:34 pm
Ooh I’ve loved the Fan since first clapped eyes on it. And that Kidlin is such a gorgeous colour – can’t wait to see how it turns out.
Comment by TrishKnits — March 25, 2010 @ 1:56 am
That’s the only project in the entire book I would consider making. The rest of the book’s designs looked pretty questionable to me no matter how much one fiddles with them to make them look better. I’m waiting for my public library to acquire the book so I can get this pattern.
Don’t order the book online until you’ve actually leafed through a copy first to be sure you’re not paying a fortune for just one pattern. Knitting books are like cookbooks, there’s often only one or two recipes in any book that are worth making, so look them over before buying them.
Comment by PurrlGurrl — March 27, 2010 @ 12:23 pm
The design looks a little like the Sunrise Circle jacket — and you know how everybody LOVED that one.
Comment by victoria — April 7, 2010 @ 2:13 pm