What a Life!

Every year knitters make sweaters to wear to Rhinebeck and other famed knitting events. I have never attended any of these events so I have never gotten to knit a Rhinebeck sweater.

A couple weeks ago I bought plane tickets to attend my 20th high school reunion. In Florida.

I had intended to make two new sweaters to wear this spring, but when I bought the tickets for our trip, I decided they must be finished before we left so that I could wear them on our trip.

The first swatch (left) is for the Leaf and Picot Cardigan from Interweave Knits Spring 2011. I’m making it with The Fibre Company’s Savannah DK in Hickory, which is a sport weight yarn made of 50% wool, 20% cotton, 15% linen and 15% soya. So it’s half plant fiber (vs wool) and a lightweight yarn. The sleeves are not full length, and the color is very much spring.

The second swatch (right) is for a cardigan that has appeared in advertisements but has not yet been published. [There are privileges that come with being a tech editor, and this is not the first pattern I have knit before it was published.] I am making it with The Fibre Company’s Terra in Copper Pennies, which is a heavy worsted weight yarn composed of 40% alpaca, 40% merino, and 20% silk. Thus the yarn would probably be well-suited for a warm sweater, but this design happens to have 3/4 length sleeves also, and it is an airy lace pattern. The color is also very much spring.

It’s been almost four years since I’ve visited Florida. It has been almost 20 years since I have actually lived there. According to weather.com, the average high temperature in March is 80 degrees. So even though these are spring sweaters, they may not actually be of much use to me while in Florida.

If nothing else, I will not be cold on the plane.