Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Time for Fall Sweater Knitting.......

Last Fall I knitted this sweater, it's called Silver Belle and can be found on Ravelry. I use it as a jacket instead of as a sweater and have really enjoyed wearing it. The construction was different so made the mundane task of sewing the pieces together a little more interesting. For one thing, the long cable up the center back is knitted with the peplum bottom and the back pieces are sewn to either side of the cable.
My knitting mo-jo kind of leaves me during the summer when there is so much to do outside. Now it's time again to start scoping out a pattern for a great Fall sweater. There are a zillion patterns out there, the problem with about half of them is that they really aren't practical to wear. And so the search for a perfect Fall sweater pattern begins............................any suggestions? I love to learn new techniques during project knitting and admire a lot of the Japanese designs, but am not sure I could figure out the directions.