Peer Pressure

At the beginning of the year, I made a list of all the knits I wanted to knit, and a general time during the year that I wanted to work on them. Thanks to Michelle, Cassy, and all the other gorgeous versions of Antrorse, I've already strayed from that list. I was planning on knitting this sweater this year, just not this early in the year. Peer pressure. Gets me every time.

But I don't regret it one bit. I could live in this sweater.

I knit this using trusty Cascade 220, which is such a great yarn. It's affordable, durable, and comes in so many amazing colors. My camera had a hard time picking up the real color of this yarn, though. It's not as blue as it looks - it's very purple. 

I used the recommended US 10 needles because I liked the look of the looser fabric, which made my gauge a little off because Cascade is worsted, instead of aran. But to work around that, I made the size 34, to get about a 33. It's the perfect amount of over-sized for me.

It's a great sweater for this time of year. It's warming up, but still cool, and Antrorse is great for layering.

Even though it may be a small detail, I really love the garter stitch hem on the body and sleeves. Sometimes I forget how much I love garter stitch. It was the first thing I learned to knit, so it's easy for me to dismiss it as "beginner", but it really has a simplistic beauty to it.

I will probably go back and add a crochet chain to the backside of the funnel neck to help avoid "droopy neck syndrome". Mine is holding up pretty well, but the buttons are a bit heavy, which causes it to droop just a little.

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Now, to focus on getting these socks off the needles so I can cast on my tights!

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