Stringin' Out the Blog Fodder

There's actally a lot to blog about, but since I only have my camera on occassion, I have to mete out what I've got. (This is why I haven't posted in a week!) So today's entry will be the Rowan Samper Sweater.

or Who needs to follow directions?

I fell in love with Berocco's Linet the first time I went to Colorful Stitches in Lenox, MA. I loved the colors and couldn't choose just one, so I needed to find a pattern that would use several. I chose the Rowan pattern in the picture. It's from the early 90's, cost me $2.40, and uses a long-ago-discontinued Rowan cotton. Who needs to use the yarn in the pattern? Substitution number 1! (The gauge for the Linet is a little bit finer than for the cotton, so I'm making one of the larger sizes.)

Ok, so I'm doing the same stitches that are in the patterns. The green is a 5-stitch basketweave, cream is a psso pattern, purple is little triangles, and blue has 2x2 purl squares. I love the little patterns, but I get bored knitting some of them. Maybe just the ones that have whole rows of purl. ;)

The pattern is writen as a big, mid-90's, drop-shoulder -- a style that's not so flattering, really. So I whipped out Ann Budd's Sweater Pattern book, looked up my gauge, and made it into a set-in sleeve style. Substitution number 2! I think this will look much nicer and I'll be happier to wear it. I had just started the blue portion of the front when I took the picture yesterday, so I'll be on to the sleeves soon.

Well, that's today's update. More tomorrow. (Which might be Friday, since it's now almost Thursday...)