Look what was in this mornings mail!
How cute is this? The lovely Janette from STYK sent it to me 🙂 It made my morning!
I think it is only right that I insert a Public Service Announcement here.
There are some Evil Enablers in the world. Watch, and Beware. If you are a lemming like I, and suffer from “Me Too!” syndrome, avoid the internet in it’s entirety. If that is unavoidable, beware of people like Norma and Nathania. 😉
They’re hosting a Knitalong for the “Must Have Cardi”.
Funnily enough, I pulled this pattern out just a few days ago, and was contemplating it. When I first got the pattern, it was too small for me, so I stashed it away in the “If I ever lose weight” category.
Well, I lost weight and now it will fit me.
However, I do not have any suitable yarn in the Stash. And I’m trying to knit up the stash. So I shouldn’t make it. I also have almost finished the ribby (Just the zipper now!), and have 2 more cardigans awaiting me in the stash. How many cardi’s are too many?
But I haven’t done any cables in a while, and none of the planned cardi’s have cables. But worsted yarn is difficult to find in Australia, and I would have to order something from the ‘net. I have no experience with Patons Classic Merino (never released here), and don’t know what would be a good substitute. Cascade 220? Elann Peruvian Wool? (The Mid Indigo Heather is nice).
I’m making myself dizzy with all the to-ing and fro-ing.
I actually laid awake last night thinking about it. I’m a sad, sad case.
Go for it, Donna!
I just sent Nathania an email, as I’ve been meaning to make this for the longest time.
I’ve been looking for the perfect cable cardi and the Must Have is very close to what I want, except it doesn’t have a collar. I was going to use the Peruvian Highland Wool for my still-to-be-determined-cable-cardigan.
Have you considered Bendigo’s Aran? It knits to the same gauge as worsted, though it is a tad heavier (150m/100g instead of 200m/100g). I prefer the Bendigo to the Peruvian – the stitch definition is far better. I really dislike the Peruvian yarn – though I appear to be a majority of one on this! I think my skeins (only bought 7 to see what they were like) are destined for a felted something-or-other.
I should warn you… if Nathania finds out you’re even thinking about joining along, you will be joining along (that’s how I joined). She’s a very apt enabler. 🙂
Yes to Cascade 220 (in fact I wish I could make it from that, but I’ve got the stash-knitting rule going, too — in fact, that’s a part of our agreement), yes to Peruvian Highland. In fact, there are many good subs, and there’s a growing list right on the blog for the knitalong. Nathania is so helpful like that! Actually, though, any yarn that knits up to 20 stitches/10cm will work. Signed: One of the Evil