carosleeve
Originally uploaded by Big Sister.
When the Spring Knitty came out I instantly fell in love with Carolyn. I even had the yarn in my stash to knit it! Like I always do, I started to modify the pattern in my head. I could knit it in one piece. I could change the stitch count for the right amount of ease. I could knit it on the machine! And so I did, but that story and version is not ready for publication. And it is not for me. It is not for me because I became completely obsessed with making Carolyn in dark brown and light celadon for me. I went to my LYS, gift certificate in hand and found nothing. So I paid a little visit to Elann and got some Peruvian Highland Wool to make one for myself. Finally, yesterday, after borrowing Jenny's machine for about six weeks I finally cast on and knit a sleeve. I could have a new sweater by next week!
I love that cardigan -- I can't wait to see yours.
Posted by: alison | April 27, 2007 at 09:44 AM
The stripes look awesome! I've been curious about Carolyn, because the proportion of the sleeves is different than in most knitting patterns. You rarely see sweaters with nice wide sleeves unless they're supposed to be gigantic. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished sweater.
Posted by: Stef | April 27, 2007 at 09:57 AM
I loved Carolyn, too. I'd forgotten about wanting to make her until I saw your post. I love your color choices.
Posted by: Betsy | April 27, 2007 at 12:27 PM
The Carolyn's really cute. I like this designer. She's got quite a lot of play at MagKnits.com! I especially like her Hug and Jessica patterns. Weird considering I don't usually go for stripes!
Posted by: 5elementknitr | April 27, 2007 at 04:13 PM
great colors!
I like your last post about the sheep trying to pass for dogs... too funny!
Posted by: jessica | April 28, 2007 at 05:05 AM
I just started Carolyn myself on Friday! Similar colors but I'm using cotton for mine. Can't wait to see yours done! (And mine!)
Posted by: Kathy | April 28, 2007 at 12:30 PM
Oh, that knitting machine is to die for, isn't it?
Posted by: Gina | April 30, 2007 at 01:06 PM
Your colors remind me of the tree-line striped cardigan from Purlbee. Great minds think alike, I guess. I really like light blue with brown, too.
http://www.purlbee.com/striped-cardigan/
Posted by: alison | May 01, 2007 at 03:54 PM
I thought celadon was a shade of green... am I going to have to turn in my gay card?
Posted by: Kyle | May 02, 2007 at 04:49 PM
I am so feeling the dark-brown-with-light-blues-and-greens color palette these days. I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out!
Posted by: Jackie | May 04, 2007 at 07:25 AM