Fiber Fool

Well, I bound off the last stitch on my FLS on Saturday, exactly two weeks from the last cast-on. Not shabby for a plus sized sweater! It is now about 75% dry I think. The beautiful buttons arrived from Cyndy as well, but I’ll wait to show you how great they are until I can show you on the sweater. She also shared some seeds with me. It has me already anxiously awaiting spring when the first flake of snow hasn’t even fallen, LOL!

But before the spring arrives I have sweaters to look forward to. Now that FLS is off the needles I find myself dreaming of the next sweater. Yes, you heard me right. There will be another sweater hitting the needles here at casa Schueler. I’m hooked. Even though I have design work I’m going to try have a sweater on the needles most of the winter so that I have something to knit on that isn’t work and is at a different gauge than I design with most of the time. I’m at a quandry though. I have three different yarns that I have sweater amounts of and I can’t decide which yarn I want to cast on with next nor which pattern I want to use with each yarn.

The options:
I have 26 skeins of this lovely olive green yarn. It’s Brown Sheep Prairie Silks (discontinued) in Jeweled Moss and equals roughly 2288 yds with access to roughly an additional 400 yds from Ashley who has already knit up her share of the carton she and Hannah I almost bought up on our 2007 spring break road trip. Under consideration is Wisteria (ravelry) and Cable Spiral Pullover from Knitting Nature (which actually calls for DK weight so some mods and calculations would be required) but I already own the book.

This is some Interlacements Peru (wool/alpaca blend) that Amanda gave me. I have three hanks which equals 1500 yds and it’s a heavy worsted. I know this one requires something simple as the colors are riotous, but me :-) I’m thinking a basic top-down raglan, probably with a v-neck of some variety (using Knitting from the Top as my guide). This would be a semi-design project however, not quite a no brainer. Though I could likely be a no-brainer before too long. Then again, I think about it being a fairly heavy yarn with a high alpaca content and I wonder if that would get too warm and perhaps I should consider some form of simple cardigan. But more often than not, in the winter I tend to be on the chilly side. I’m open to other options for this yarn. Perhaps something modular?

This is two skeins of Textiles a Mano La Paz and equals roughly 1600 yds of DK/light worsted weight merino yarn. I originally bought it to knit a saddle shouldered split-neck vest-like pullover that was in the Winter Knit Simple last year. I’m not certain that pattern is talking to me any longer and I can’t share it with you as it isn’t entered at Ravelry. I do think I could do the Turbulence U Neck from Knitting Nature or Sidelines from the Fall IK.

I do have two other yarns in sweater amounts with known patterns and those would be on the table to cast-on too I guess…

The blue on the left I bought on the last trip to Brown Sheep back in August. I bought it specifically to knit Gathered Pullover from the Winter 2007 IK. I’m still struggling with what size and or mods I might need to do to that one. I’m not sure how to take the measurements on the schematic and how much ease will be right. The natural colored one on the right I bought to knit Gerbera from a 2002 Dale booklet (the one with the famous Ingeborg). Some mods would also likely be required for that pattern, but possibly my gauge with the Harrisville yarn would automatically make most of them. I’m not certain as I haven’t swatched yet, but it is a worsted and the pattern calls for a DK.

Please take a minute to vote on what you think I should cast on. If you wish, leave additional pattern suggestions for any of the yarns (except the Top of the Lamb) in the comments.