So, I’m thinking of doing an Aran pattern for this sweater, and have been researching stitches. I’ve found a site with descriptions of what some of the stitches mean, and another site which debunks the myth of Arans being used to identify families (or claims to). I’m particularly attracted to the Honeycomb Stitch (to the left) and to the Horseshoe Cable (to the right). We’ll see what ends up happening, though, as it appears that the company I started with (Red Heart) has discontinued the color I’ve been using … so I’m having to switch mid-way. That’s OK, I suppose, as I’ve not really been following any particular pattern, but just going intuitively. I did figure out how big around I wanted it, and how long, and have been sticking to that, but I’ve started with a varied series of stitches in a long panel for the back, and have been knitting back-and-forth joining the back panel together for the round.
At some point I’m going to have to worry about attaching arms, and making a neck, but that’s a ways off yet (using size 8 needles, with a fairly heavy yarn).
Feeling the cold on its way.
The evenness of the honeycomb makes me think of baby blankets… very comforting and soft-looking.
Of course, you know I’m going to have to get out that 1972 crochet book and use some of the “kicky love colors” to make myself a tulip cloché to go with this sweater, right?
I just know that I’ll prob’ly have to do you up a hat in that stitch as well, just so’s you’ll have matching things and can feel a right dweeb in your started-out-in-ruby-yarn-but-finished-in-buff sweater.
That sweater, man, is going to be the BOMB. I can already see the great looking color contrasts. Do you know, I believe I’ll be able to wear it in public? Picture it — jeans, boots, a really huge sweater with multiple stitches and three yarn colors? Kicky!