I have advanced in my knitting career into being obsessed with making myself all my dream sweaters, which is a neverending list. Every week I find a new pattern I want to execute.
First I made a few Icelandic style swetears, then I made a rib dress and now finally a more delicate sweater. This pattern is by Knitting for Olive and it’s called the Olive Turtleneck, though mine is not really a proper turtleneck because I wanted to do a folded neck that is not too high.
I chose my current favourite yarn/yarn combo for this; 100% merino called Sunday, held together with two strands of Tynn Silk Mohair, both by Sandnes Garn.
I had some trouble with the pattern and needle choice at first, but when I solved those issues it was a pleasure to knit this. I ended up using more yarn than what the original pattern called for because I used smaller needles, and I’m happy with that decision.
I rushed to finish this sweater and just tucked in the ends to take these pictures in the beautiful light that was present. Still need to weave in the ends, which I hate doing, and then wash and block. In reality I will probably wear it a few times and then wash it.
It took two weeks to make this because I didn’t have time to knit every day, which my obsessed serotonin driven brain would have liked to do. But two weeks really is not long at all, at least my wallet thinks so because it often needs to open again when I finish another knitted piece. I think I need to do something small and use yarn I already have before embarking on another big big project that I am planning on and that requires a lot of real nice yarn.