A Sweater for Me

I always start a sweater project intending to make it for myself. In November 2008 I purchased 10 skeins of Paton Shetland Chunky Tweed yarn in an earthy brown color to make either the popular Central Park Hoodie pattern from Knitscene's Fall 2006 magazine or the #28 Vihervaara -huppari / GreenGable -hoodie pattern from Vogue Knitting's Fall 2008 magazine. The problem was that both patterns involve cables, which I don't enjoy doing. In addition,the #28 Vihervaara-huppari/Green Gable - hoodie was a bit too difficult for me. I had a feeling that either I wouldn't finish the project, or I would be so tired of it I would end of giving it to a relative or friend.

The following month, while scanning Ravelry patterns, I came across Amy King's Canopy Cardigan. I noticed that another Ravelry knitter had used the the same brown Paton Shetland Tweed yarn to make the cardigan and it turned out beautifully. I decided to make the cardigan too. I'm at the half way point in the project.

What I find interesting about the pattern is its construction. Rather than knit the left and right fronts and the back and sleeves separately, the left front and entire back are knit in one piece, and the right front is knit separately and then sewn to the back using Kitchener stitch. In addition, there is a easy leaf motif pattern along the front and sleeves of the sweater. Here is how it looks so far.

Although the pattern suggested using Ornaghi Filati Tibet yarn, I got the correct gauge using size 3 needles. I enjoy working on this sweater and look forward to wearing it. I will post my progress on the cardigan as I go along.  

 This is the Canopy Cardigan pattern from Knitscene's Fall 2008 magazine.