I noticed people getting ready for this Stopover KAL. It seems like the goal is to get this sweater done ASAP. I was even stopping at Halcyon in Maine who carried the exact yarn required. I checked out the pattern details on Rav. It didn't go up to my size. So I opted out.
I got an email from Carole saying they were publishing larger sizes. That would work. But when I did go to Halcyon they didn't have enough of any color that I liked to make it work. And then I noticed Judy's post. She was making it in handspun. The lightbulb went on and I got to digging in the stash. And Stopover was cast on.
I started five days later than everyone else and if you can believe it people were actually finished with the sweater by then. Can you imagine? A sweater in five days? Actually - I think it was six days but either way my hands would cramp up and be useless after that.
So I am knitting away. There's gonna be a lot of brown on the blog for a while.
Joining Ginny.
16 comments:
Oh but I love brown!
I can not believe it Donna and now am totally intrigued.
Didn't you hear, brown is the new black? I wear a lot of
brown, or I use to until I stopped coloring my hair, now
I wear a lot of red or grey :)
Have fun knitting.
Don't beat yourself up. It's a simple pattern with not a lot of length, so it's doable at the gauge it's knit at. But why push yourself, enjoy the knitting!
Love these colors! Looking forward to seeing your progress!
It sure does go along fast. I'm glad for a couple of snow days - I hope to be finished by the weekend.
Five days? Five months maybe! That's crazy fast knitting.
A sweater usually takes me about 5 months! I can't just drop everything and knit for 5 days (although sometimes I am tempted ...)
I don't think I could knit anything in 5 days! love the warm chocolate brown you are using
Love the little line of Periwinkle so far
A sweater in 5 days?! Yikes!
Yours is shaping up nicely, I like the combination of the brown with the blue details
Whoa, knit along sweater? Knitting super hero!
Hello Donna, Your sweater will be beautiful. I'll have to stop by to see it finished. You wrote that you visited Montauk 30 years ago . . it's still very pretty but has changed quite a lot since then :)
I cannot imagine a sweater in five days....but then I tend to knit with fingering wool. Love your knit and that contrasting color detail!!
Did they eat? Sleep? Five days? Crazy!!
Oh wow, you're really putting some effort into that!
Wow that would be fast! I think yours looks rather lush, I love the colour.
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