Yarn is Here!

My yarn arrived yesterday for sweater #2. It is a gorgeous shade of blue that I am already in love with. I did my gauge swatch last night and I love the way the yarn feels, totally different from my last sweater project!

This is a sport weight cotton hoodie (Knit Picks Comfy Sport), which is going to be perfect for late spring/summer on the beach. With that in mind I am challenging myself to finish by Mother's Day, just over 2 months. It is a very intricate pattern (lots of cables) and it is thinner yarn on smaller needles than the first sweater.

I cannot seem to link to the pattern, but here is page from the Knit 'n Style April edition, the sweater is the last one on the bottom right. And that is the color, love it!

Casting on tomorrow....

Finished Project: Cozy V Neck Sweater

I finished my first sweater! And, I cannot wait to start another one. I loved working on this project, which took me 1 month and 2 days to complete. I love the finished product, although it is still blocking, but I have been trying it on as I go and I think blocking will just make it more fabulous.

I wound up using this bind off for some extra stretchiness and I like the result much more than the traditional bind off I had done on the body (p.s. undoing the original bind off was my least favorite part of the whole project).

I intend to wear this sweater Saturday and will have pictures taken of me wearing it, stay tuned!

In Search of a Stretchier Bind Off

A lack of blogging about knitting does not equal a lack of knitting in this case. I have been knitting away on my two projects for me. I am working on sleeve #2 of my Cozy V Neck Pullover with the goal of finishing this weekend so I can wash, block and wear the sweater to New Hampshire over President's Day Weekend!

I love my sweater so far, but I am not totally in love with how tight the bind of is on the body. I have not bound off sleeve #1, leaving it on scrap yarn as I search for a stretchier bind off. Do you have a stretchy bind off that you like? Please send it my way, thanks!