Pink Sweater

Last night I finished my pink sweater. It’s about a pound of targee, silk, mohair, alpaca and glitz dyed by Needlefingers and I spun it loosely to ararn weight. I have been waiting for a few years to find the right pattern for this yarn. After extensive swatching I decided it looks best with yarn overs but not lace at about 4 stitches to the inch. I started a sweater from IK but wasn’t too excited with the way the YO pattern looked. I pulled that out and started a top down raglan using the best things of that sweater, a lacy rib pattern.

By the time I separated the sleeves from the body I knew it was going to be a short sweater as I had already used half of my yarn. I made shorter sleeves to compensate. The neck shaping bothered me a bit too. But I was half done so I could be sure before ripping.




Here it is finished. Not bad. Look at the fabric. Look at the stitches. Look at the glitz.


And again


And sadly again


I’m sure.