blue, red, and green

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mmmmm-mmm. i started to say what these chubby hanks of yarn make me want to do and it sounded so off-color that i stopped—let your imagination fly.
it arrived today and i just couldn’t resist pushing it at you for a yarn hug.

a big batch of briar rose charity in denim blues for david. charity, the younger brother of robusta, is 100% corriedale in a nice DK weight. i made david a sweater from it for christmas in december, 2007

and ever since, tana (the awesome tech editor) has been urging me to write the pattern for it. once i have the two little sweaters i’m currently working on a little further along, i’ll cast on the sleeves for this one (i think sleeves will make excellent car knitting on our upcoming rhinebeck trip).

last night, i was project-loose to the point of edginess (meaning, i couldn’t settle down, because i didn’t have anything major to knit), so i started the left front of the green cardi to have something with a longer future to focus on. you can’t tell from this photo but i worked on it for about five hours

normally, that would be enough time to finish a whole front of a small cardigan like this, but i was talking to my brother and after i hung up the phone, i realized i had done the decreases totally wrong—i doubled up on them by mistake because i wasn’t paying attention. hahaha, the waist looked quite waspish . . . very mad men.

so i ripped back to where i started decreasing and redid them. i forget what happened next exactly, but sometime later while we were watching TV, i realized i had another problem and had to rip back almost as far once again (and yes, it was another misinterpretation of the darn decreases). i finally got it right on the third try and by the time i went to bed i was up to the waist. wow, all that way, heh.

the really funny thing is that, in the process of decreasing, i didn’t screw up the part i thought i would have trouble with. as you decrease in the middle of the sweater front, it looks better if you keep everything as much in pattern as possible in that spot. which can be tricky once the yarnovers and decreases start to collide. but that issue worked out well each time i redid it. go figure.

things should go more smoothly from here though; i know for sure it was just me having a processing problem between my eyes, my brain, and my hands.

it’s one of those situations i don’t even feel bad about—after all, i was knitting and i made a mistake (or two) that resulted in more knitting; how awful could it be? the knitting was serving its purpose—i was completely calmed down and relaxed within an hour of starting. and i got to have a wonderful long talk with my brother, who hasn’t been very available lately (they just finished building a house).

tonight i’m working on the little cabled rib v-neck design—almost ready to cast on . . .

wanna see david’s yarn again before i go knit?

34 thoughts on “blue, red, and green”

  4. Gorgeous yarn as always and I do like that sweater pattern david has on in the red. Looks like something I *might* be able to get my husband to wear…in the right color.

  5. I am looking forward to the pattern for the red sweater. I have been wanting to knit something very similar for my husband (and myself). It seems perfect for cycling on chilly days, especially with the placket to let in a little air, if needed.

  6. I was reading your last post but had to break for dinner and when I came back there was a new one with the most amazing sweater. You are gifted! What was also cool (for me) is I had knit my daughter a sweater with very similar colors “from scratch” (now it is the niece’s). When you get that written I’d rather co-opt that pattern for myself.

  8. I’m not normally wild about denim-ish tones, but that is some lovely yarn. It’ll make an awesome guy sweater!

  9. Wow, you’re fast. I’ve only been knitting since 2007 so I think I need to increase my muscle memory before I get much speedier.

  11. please oh please write it up! I have been searching for The Perfect Man Sweater for my dad for Christmas and I totally think this one is the one…but DK weight means I will need a bit more time…please?! I will buy you a pony!

  12. whenever i see Chris’s fiber I can recognize it immediately!!!! W/O text! Put the two together, her yarn, your designs – KEEPERS!!!!! Can’t wait for the pattern!

  13. I adore the denim – but then, the red looks stunning on David, too. And the pattern is perfect for a man-sweater, masculine but not too bulky. Very elegant! Hmm, maybe next Christmas? But by then you will have tempted me with so many more designs.

  15. The second I saw that first photo I said BRIAR ROSE! and I was right. 🙂 That’s a great sweater-my son wants me to make him one, and maybe he’d like that style. You must knit very fast. I don’t know that I’d get as far as you did (with no ripping out) in 4 hours of knitting. You go girl!!

  16. I want that sweater!! Oh, I suppose I could make it for my man, but goodness I’d wear it in a heartbeat.

    I’m glad you’ll be at Rhinebeck and hope to see you there! 🙂

  17. What a beautiful blue, I’m seriously coveting it!!
    And David and his sweater are beautiful~no surprise there.

  21. I’m glad you are writing that pattern up. I think hubby might actually wear a sweater like that. ‘Course he’s still waiting on any sweater at all. Poor guy it’s been a long time since I knit him one. (If he wore it more he’d have gotten another one sooner of course – lol)

    And oooooh that is purty yarn.

  22. LOVE the blues…and LOVE the sweater…just beautiful! I started a sweater for the third time last night…at least I know I’m in good company! 🙂
    I’ve nicknamed you “flying fingers” for obvious reasons! You really are amazing!

  23. Yummy yarn, and the green cardigan is going to be beautiful.

    David looks terrific in that red sweater. Great color for him.

  26. Mmm… I love that colorway. How come I don’t have anything that color? Also, I am loving that sweater pattern! I need to start yarn shopping, I can feel it already…

  28. I have just the man for that sweater! Is that yarn (not necissarilly that shade) always available at Briar Rose.

    You are a wonder!

  29. yarn hugs right back attcha.
    I also have knit and ripped and reknit three times now the same darned sleeve.
    time to go to sleep, for tomorrow will be rip number four.
    sigh.
    sometimes it just be like that.

  30. Yes, Please! I will snap that pattern up in a heartbeat. This style of sweater is the only one my husband will wear. It looks perfect!

  31. I’m so excited for this one! How much yarn will I need for a 36″? I have a few sock yarns on hand in large-ish quantities, I hope one of them will work! (maybe I’m getting a little ahead of myself, but I can’t help it, I’m excited!)

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