Then we started knitting the Circumnavigated Cardigan as a knit-a-long with my spinning group so I was truly motivated to finish one I had started two years ago. I did finish it and am moving right along on my new one started this summer.
The first one was knitted out of Encore, an acrylic/wool blend that I truly love to knit with. It is machine washable and always looks great. I usually make the kids slipper socks out of it. This one was a tweed in Navy Blue.
The new one I am knitting is from Molly's Wool and I am spinning the yarn as I go. I have part of it done and love the way it is turning out.
The knitting went slowly because it is so much finer that the yarn I used in the first one, but then it will be a lighter weight sweater. The thing is it is wool so it will be warm. It does get cold enough to wear this at sometime during the winter so I will enjoy it when that happens.
I did work on a third sweater this summer that I started sometime last year. It is all kinds of yarn put together to make a stripped sweater that is knit sideways. I am not sure it will fit me, but it will fit someone.
That was pretty much it for now. I am taking a hand knitting class this semester so I can learn to do better. We are knitting 42 different stitch patterns in squares and then putting them together in an afghan. I am using My Isabella's wool plied with My little Moreno "Cotton" Should be pretty. We have to knit two blocks a week so I will probably struggle to keep up.
