Dudes, I am torn.
- This in warm harvest yellow wool with red 1960s buttons
- This in either aforementioned harvest yellow wool or teal/turquoise tweed (buttons undecided)
- This in aforementioned teal/turquoise tweed. Selection of vintage buttons from button boxes.
- This in a dark purple cashmere/silk/wool blend with slightly more waist-shaping
I also have 1200 yrds of dark lime green tweed (aran weight) and 1700 yrds of purple/violet tweed (aran weight) that is currently not assigned any patterns in my head. And 1700 yrds of bramble-coloured wool too.
Also, the following projects lurk in my head but necessitates buying yarn:
- Crocheted cardigan for which I’d need to buy one ball of Kauni (approx. £10)
- A summer cardigan crocheted in cotton (which, yes, I’d need to buy. Approx. £17)
- An angora beret in lipstick red or turquoise (about £11 for yarn + pattern. Do I really need this or is this just because I want to look as Old Hollywood Glamourous as Ysolda does in her photo?)
- The infamous OWLS sweater (about £50-60, depending upon which chunky yarn I can find here in the UK. Sigh.)
And let’s not begin to talk about the shawls I want to knit (currently Knitty’s Aeolian shawl, the infamous Laminaria shawl, and the Fountain Pen shawl). I have enough laceweight yarn to see me through the recession, mind, so I don’t have to worry about that…
Comments? Ideas? More patterns I should see and fall in love with?
Teal/Turq Cardigan 3 with the vintage buttons I think but the red angora beret is a beauty and the fountian pen shawl too of course!
I like the 2nd and 3rd options :o)
Oh, and the owls sweater is awesome :o)
Cardigan 3 looks like the best option. Rose red is gorgeous too – I have a red version of it on the needles for my mum which I still have to add to Ravelry. I have a purple version which you could try on at the next meetup I’m at if you want to see whether its right for you.
Oh, I think the first one, in the harvest yellow!
I’m right there with you on the shawls. I’ve just pulled my current shawl wip out of hibination because I want to knit about million different lace patterns but refuse to end up with six different ones on the needles.
i’ve made the drops one and the buttony one and i quite liked both patterns and i’m quite fond of the results. that first cardigan is really nice, too. i might make one. just when i get my queue down to a reasonable length, you unearth more nice stuff!
Number 1! Number 1!
:D
Elaine x