I just finished a sweater that took me ages to knit relative to the simplicity of it: Rossore Pullover from the cover of Interweave Knits.
Sally and I both looked at this and thought: Rowan Felted Tweed!! So, I rushed to The Yarnery and bought a zillion skeins. Sally had a bunch in stash, so I filled in some of her colors and bought 8 colors for moi. You may remember that I visited Surly in Boulder in early December. We collaborated on this sweater while I was there.
The problems started with the gauge difference and the top-down yoke. We had to make SO MANY adjustments…after MUCH ripping out, we both moved along. Then we decided that some of the colors we had chosen weren’t that great. More ripping. More shopping. More knitting. Surly ended up changing out a lot of her colors. I stayed pretty much on track. My Rossore is now blocking:
The top color is shown better here:
I hated knitting the Latvian Braid (and reknitting the Latvian Braid!), so we both substituted purl ridges for some of the color transitions (I describe these in detail on my Ravelry project page). I really like how they turned out. I also did the neckline with the purl ridges, after plucking out my cast on 🙁 . I will revisit this project once it is dry and off the blocking board!! This is not a fabulous sweater, but I think it will be very wearable. It fits well and I think it will be one I grab often!
From Sally: I’m still knitting mine. Yes, I had several colors in my stash, but only one skein of the colors I chose. And I needed to dip into a second skein. No one out here sells Felted Tweed. I ordered it online and they sent the wrong color!
Love Felted Tweed and I do find that I grab my FT sweater often. It seems “just right” more times than not. You’ll be cozy in your new sweaters without a doubt!
Comment by Cheryl — January 17, 2020 @ 9:12 am
I love it!! I agree, this is going to be a sweater you wear lots!! It is so nice that you have a sister to collaborate with.
Comment by Penny — January 17, 2020 @ 11:50 am
on January 23, 2020 Your sweater turned out beautiful and thanks for sharing it…..BUT why wasn’t it presented on the even more beautiful Herbert Niebling white doilies?
Sorry, I couldn’t resist….I’m only joshing you. from Janet on the very cold Atlantic Coast
Comment by Janet Kovach — January 23, 2020 @ 2:37 pm
Perseverance is a synonym for knitting.
Comment by Gail — January 24, 2020 @ 1:39 am