Hello lovelies,
I've been following the Suvi's designs some time and when I got a glimpse on her Keeping warm sweater it immediately went to my to-knit list.
I kept looking at it again and again and last autumn I finally got around to knitting this sweater. I am a fan of brioche anyway so starting the turtleneck was a joyful experience and I love that the construction is seamless top down and you're completely finished once you knitted body and sleeve and don't have to pick up stitches again at the cast on.
I changed the raglan line to my usual M1R k2 M1L as I simply like it best and added a few more increases to get more ease.
I opted for the waist shaping but did less decreases for the waist and added more increases to move one size up for my hips which also made the whole sweater a bit longer even though I had less rounds between the increases.
The mosaic is simply beautiful. It took me a bit to get into the rhythm of it but it's totally worth the effort. I love that one only ever knits with one colour for two rounds and the result is so beautiful.
When I finished my first one I was smitten. I liked the colour combo, the feel of the very light sweater and it fit perfectly.
Meanwhile I had already fallen in love with the Pastel de Nata limited edition colour by Rosy Green wool and thanks to fabulous help of the sweet sweet ladies at my knitting circle the Night Sky colour was determined as a match (Danke Beate馃槉) and I immediately cast on a second one.
The mosaic is even more stunning in these solid colours.
I'm perfectly happy with these two and finishing in time means I can totally enjoy our cast on this afternoon. The ladies at my local yarn shop start a Girlfriends Cardigan KAL. 馃槄 I already started swatching.
Have a lovely time
All my love馃挒
Anja
