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:
Beautiful!!
Comment by Mary — November 26, 2023 @ 2:14 pm
I hope you finished before Thanksgiving Day! I don’t know how you could but it would be gorgeous to wear on Turkey Day! But then, you just might blend in with the pumpkin pies and wouldn’t want anyone to eat you! Seriously, it’s gorgeous!!!
Comment by Kathy W — November 26, 2023 @ 2:44 pm
Beautiful color! And as always your work is gorgeous.
Comment by Roth Patricia — November 26, 2023 @ 6:03 pm
Gorgeous as always – and I think the exposed 3-needle bind off really suits the design.
Comment by Pam — November 27, 2023 @ 10:39 am
Beautiful!
Comment by Pru Klein — November 27, 2023 @ 9:23 pm
Gorgeous color and I love the horizontal textured side stripes. They “make” this sweater IMHO. (For some reason my brain refuses to acknowledge cables). I get it about sleeves in the cooking. It always amazes me how floppy the sleeves are on The Pioneer Woman. This sweater looks like it has a long life ahead for itself.
Comment by Chloe — November 28, 2023 @ 8:22 am
Great choices of pattern and yarn. It’s beautiful!
Comment by Annie — November 28, 2023 @ 12:03 pm
Forgive me if I am missing the obvious, but – I have been all over this post and also the Knitspot website, and I can’t figure out what is the name of this pattern. Small pictures are much more difficult for me to view now, so the Knitspot site was frustrating. All help appreciated!
ps – Hi to Sally, I miss our chats around the table at YI!
Comment by Sue T. — December 18, 2023 @ 8:11 pm
Plymouth Homestead is a great yarn. Nice sweater!
Comment by Jennifer — December 26, 2023 @ 1:00 am