Angelas Diner

I’ve decided to knit myself a sweater.  This is a big deal.  For a few reasons.  First, I don’t generally knit things that have to “fit.”  I knit hats, scarves, half of a sock, that sort of thing.  I DID knit sweaters for the kids when they were small, but that is easy stuff - little kids don’t care if a sweater hangs a little crookedy.  OH, I have knit some tiny sweaters for friends who are having babies too - and they come out fine.  Again, it’s the “kid” thing - they don’t have to be perfect because you know the baby will just puke on them, and they’ll have to go into the wash.

So, for me to knit myself a sweater, well, that’s an adventure.  I was inspired by a sale.  There’s a great yarn site, Elann, and they had a sale on yarn so I got some. Here’s the yarn swatches I knit:

I just scanned them, didn’t feel like getting the camera out.  So, after I bought the yarn, I went looking for a sweater pattern.  THAT was an adventure.  I pored over the free patterns on Knitty, looked at Berrocco, Bernat, all different sites.  NOTHING caught my eye that used yarn in the same weight as this one.  SO, on the way to the gallery last weekend to work, I stopped in a yarn shop in Charlestown, RI near Rt. 1, where Rt. 2 hits Rt. 1.

Got a book:

AND found a great little raglan pattern:

So, I’m good to go!  Did my swatches last night to check my gauge, and now I know I have to go out and buy bamboo needles in size 10 and size 8 since I only have metal needles in that size (and I hate knitting on metal needles cuz my stitches always slide right off!)

We’ll see how long this takes me - how often do i make anything for myself anyways?