I’m a little late with a Thanksgiving greeting, but I hope yours was lovely. I made turkey with all the fixings, two beautiful pies, and the best gravy I’ve ever made. My tip is to keep it warm in a baby crockpot!!
Surly and I went to Rhinebeck this year. It was fun. We stopped at Webs on the way there and were very impressed. Amazing! While there, I checked out the Plymouth Homestead yarn in Pumpkin Spice Heather — gorgeous and very reasonably priced. I had Broken Oath in mind, but thought I should get to Rhinebeck first to see what was there. I found the prototype in the yarn called for: Anne Hanson’s Bare Naked Wool Kent Worsted. Nice yarn for $40/skein! I would need 8 skeins. $320??!! Uh, no. I bought 9 skeins of Homestead for about $85, and have almost two left over.
I split the hem and slightly altered the front. The larger sizes were created by moving the cables farther apart. I liked them close together, like the original, so I made adjustments. I also did not bind off and seam the shoulders (too bulky IMHO), but did a 3-needle bind off instead, with the ridge to the outside.
It fits perfectly, is very classic, and I have nothing negative to say about it. So there!!
PS to Kathy: I did finish this last week, so it was blocked and dried well before Thanksgiving. However, I never wear good sweaters hanging around at home, and never wear any sweater, good or bad, when I’m cooking! It gets too hot and the sleeves get in the way! See you at cookie tasting wearing this sweater! 😉
PS to Sue:
