It's so nice to post and say that I have a big ole sweater to share with you all, and not a big ole failure like the last time I blogged. This is the February Lady Sweater by Pamela Wynne. I started it right when the pattern came out and the ladysweater CRAZE hit ravelry. I like to call mine my grown-ass woman sweater. I can't wait for a freezing cold Chicago winter so I can wear this thing! Taking these pictures on a hot summer afternoon = not fun. But basking in the glow of my new orange sweater? Super fun.
Here's the specs:
The yarn is Alia Lend Inca Wool, which I got on the cheap from a destash a while back. It's a DKish weight 100% wool yarn, and I can't tell you a whole lot about it because the ball band is in Russian. Anyway, it's wooly and warm and I like it. Actually, I used some green Inca Wool on a Rusted Root that I finished a little over a year ago (but it didn't make it to the blog for a while). The Rusted Root has held up well, with only some minor wear in the sweaty-pit region, so I have high hopes for the grown-ass woman sweater. So I held the yarn double-stranded for the grown-ass woman sweater on US 8s, which resulted in a nice smooshy fabric.
Buttons from our local humungoid JoAnn's on Elston Ave.
What else is there to say about this? A super fun, fast knit that I can't wait to wear over and over again.
Oh wow, that is gorgeous! And I’m jealous that you can pull off orange (I most definitely cannot). I may bump this up in my queue, now…
so fab!! srsly!
Love it! And it’ll be cool soon enough. It was 70 degrees this morning. 70!
(Ok, it was a fluke due to that thunderstorm, but I’ve got to believe fall is getting here soon in order to live through August.)
And look how pretty *you* are in your grown-ass woman sweater! I love that picture of you.
At the end of that first paragraph, shouldn’t there be something in between the two items, something that would allow you to end by saying, “Basking in the glow of my new orange sweater? Priceless”?
lol your hot
I can’t put my finger on it, but something about this picture is so… INTERESTING!
Oh – I love that sweater, and orange is really a beautiful color on you!
This turned out great and I love your color choice.