I knitted this jumper (sweater) back in the dark ages, before I had a blog. I finished it in 2003 and I think I worked on it (on and off) for about three years.
It was inspired by Kaffe Fassett but is not one of his designs - it's one of my own. The theory is the diagonal patches of light colour would cause the eye to travel up or down rather than across as horizontal stripes would. I wanted something more interesting than stripes anyway!
I'm proud of this jumper but I don't love it. It's very thick and heavy; it's made mostly from 8ply (DK) weight yarn - with some 5ply (sportweight) and some 12 ply (chunky). It's mostly wool with a little bit of mohair.
I don't wear it very often - whenever I do, someone always wants to talk to me about it - it's not a jumper I can wear when I want to be "invisible"!
Now that I've seen the photos - it looks more like a man's jumper, doesn't it?
Today it formed the centrepiece of a workshop I gave on "colour theory for knitters". How did it go? I felt it went okay but it fell a bit flat! But you'd have to ask the participants for the real story, wouldn't you?
Can you guess how many different yarns are in the jumper?
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| taken in artificial light but reasonably true to colour |
I'm proud of this jumper but I don't love it. It's very thick and heavy; it's made mostly from 8ply (DK) weight yarn - with some 5ply (sportweight) and some 12 ply (chunky). It's mostly wool with a little bit of mohair.
I don't wear it very often - whenever I do, someone always wants to talk to me about it - it's not a jumper I can wear when I want to be "invisible"!
Now that I've seen the photos - it looks more like a man's jumper, doesn't it?
Today it formed the centrepiece of a workshop I gave on "colour theory for knitters". How did it go? I felt it went okay but it fell a bit flat! But you'd have to ask the participants for the real story, wouldn't you?
Can you guess how many different yarns are in the jumper?
Upset I missed the workshop but not a good idea to be spreading my germs around.
ReplyDeleteSorry I had to leave part way through . I didn't think it was flat . I was thoroughly enjoying your talk !
ReplyDeleteThis sweater is amazing and yes, the eye does travel diagonally! It does look like a sweater a man could wear, too, but not just for men! I am sure the class was great-we are always our worst critic!
ReplyDeleteWow, that looks like a lot of work was put into it over three years! I'm going to say... 25?
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