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knitting queue for the year
Jan. 2nd, 2019 08:59 ami want to make a lot of things this year! i don't know if i'll really get through it all but it's good to dream big.
this year i want to focus for the first time on actual wearables. i haven't in the past because [waves at southern california] but that's going to change and i will die without warm clothing and i will also die before i start buying really shitty quality wool sweaters for like 70 dollars when i can spend [redacted] more and [redacted] hours to make my own.
stuff i want to make this year:
Soucebook Chunky Cardigan by Norah Gaughan
it's a shallow shawl collar bulky weight cardigan with interesting cable panels. the draw is supposed to be that it's 1. a quick knit and 2. the book it comes from is basically a collection of cable panels only and you can substitute whatever suitable pattern you want. i finished the back and i'm waiting on my will to complete the two fronts and sleeves so we'll see when this gets done. one of my primary problems is that i keep having to flip back and forth between the instructions and the cable pattern so one day i'll finally nut up and bring the book to work and copy the pattern to paper.
i'm knitting this in a light gray ecological wool. the original pattern calls for quince and co. puffin but that looks like it'll give me a sweater that's warm enough to withstand arctic temps and i want something a little less bulky and not as sweaty so i can layer underneath it. mods: try for a larger shawl collar.
Sode by Hiroko Payne
unsurprisingly i'm into cabled knits and very nice lines and this pattern does both. i've evolved a lot from "no paying for patterns" when i was in high school to my current "this pattern is available in an issue of laine magazine and it's 30 dollars but i really love this pattern and i guess i'm supporting a small press undertaking with full page full color spreads" but yes. i paid 30 dollars for this pattern which REALLY MEANS i need to make this and at least one other pattern out of that magazine for it to be worth it. i'm also into poet by sari nordlund but i'm concerned with how the pattern will look with anything more than b cups. it might distort the fabric too much and not get the look i want.
i have a bunch of malabrigo rios in a dark blue set aside for this sweater. superwash merino will give me the same vibrancy but la bien aimee merino is definitely a higher quality at a higher price that i can't justify right now. i think it'll still look good, but only time will tell if the dreaded Malabrigo Rios Sag is real
Tecumseh by Caitlin Hunter
another sweater! it's big, it's simple colorwork so i can practice my colorwork, and it's dk weight so it can be worn for more than the coldest of winter months. idk why i'm worried about this when i'm gonna be frozen stiff for 6 months and then boiling alive in humidity for the other 6. mm. real weather.
i want to knit this one in a slightly crunchier, not 100% superwash merino yarn. BUT the tonal, not quite variegated quality that the white has to break up the monotony of single color knitting is only really possible because of the way that superwash merino is processed. so. dilemmas. i do think that i want to sub in a darker, wine toned red for the black like alliesoleil did because it looks nicer.
First Point of Libra by Laura Aylor
this one's all about the color. garter stitch knitting a full size shawl has lost its charm to me after knitting all the shades of truth for my mom a few years back but it really is the easiest and most effective way to get all these color changes across. plus, no matter how many years i've been knitting, purling is always terrible and i will do anything to avoid it. garter stitch gives me the cleanest lines and i love blocking it because it's so malleable and it goes where i want it to
i've been debating what color family i want my first point of libra to be in. a lot of people seem to be knitting it in black trillium fibres lilt sock gradient sets which is... probably also what i'm going to buy it in. i'm looking at sheaf (pale golden yellow), vapor (dusty blue), or ivy (desaturated blue-y green). i think my thing with an accessory the size of a piece of clothing is that i don't want it to be super saturated or else i wouldn't want to wear it a lot. ????? if you think that it would look nice in another color let me know so i can spend even more time staring at it lmao
sumile by eri
the cabled eyelets are so delicate in this one and i'm really liking the bell sleeves. i'm not sure that i will like the bell sleeves on me, but it's an aspirational thing. i'm debating whether i want the flared sleeves or if i'll knit the cardigan with half or 3/4 fitted sleeves. the next order of business would be whether i want to knit it in 100% alpaca (warm, potentially saggy with gravity and time, bright green) or in 50/50 silk/merino in off white or bright fuchsia
Chainlink by Norah Gaughan
norah and brooklyntweed i love you. i've wanted to knit this for exactly four years now and someday i will! this is probably the most technically complicated sweater on the list. the others are basically two fronts, a back, sleeves, and collar but this one is a front panel, back panel, two side panels, ribbing done separately and sewn on, then pick up the sleeves and complete, all while maintaining the chain link pattern. i LOVE a good challenge and this is definitely More Challenging than the others. plus it's so clean and i [grits teeth, clenches fist] love good design
this is gonna be in a goldenrod-ish heathered wool from colourmart, my best friend. i have all this wool and all these plans but i never complete them. a very familiar story
smaller knits:
Goldmead by Liz Corke
twisted rib stitch! cables! clever shaping by way of cables to make it fit better! the tiny little pinky separation! i really have NO IDEA if fingerless mittens are A Thing or in any way are Useful in the cold weather but i love these so much that i don't care. though the number of fingerless mitten patterns on ravelry means that it HAS to be kind of useful. i don't know what color i want this to be yet but i have some nice fingering weight yarns in my stash that i'm sure will be put to good use by making these
still on the needles at this moment:
Moth Cardigan by Amy Christoffers
in my need to get ever more cocoon-y with my clothing choices i chose a literal cocoon to make but the notes for knitters who had already completed this project were correct. the instructions are a bitch and a half to get through and it makes no sense. i knew what i was getting into when i paid for this: this person is not a professional publisher and i don't think that she test knit any of this before putting it up for sale. that was fine. i was paying for access to replicate this idea and i'd work out the rest myself. thankfully, it wasn't too hard to work out and i'm about 2/3 of the way done with this. i do need to hm. actually finish a project though and i think this might be the best choice for something to get done in the immediate future. perhaps by like. the end of february so i can wear it at least once before the summer? otherwise, it'll sit in storage for the fall.
this is knit in malabrigo arroyo in piedras which is gorgeous but the variegated dying will kill me. one side is noticeably warmer in color than the other and the completed project will probably look a little funky
if any of you are on ravelry, then be my friend at username hyemingway! come look at my favorites and let me raid yours for more pretty pictures.
this year i want to focus for the first time on actual wearables. i haven't in the past because [waves at southern california] but that's going to change and i will die without warm clothing and i will also die before i start buying really shitty quality wool sweaters for like 70 dollars when i can spend [redacted] more and [redacted] hours to make my own.
stuff i want to make this year:
Soucebook Chunky Cardigan by Norah Gaughan
it's a shallow shawl collar bulky weight cardigan with interesting cable panels. the draw is supposed to be that it's 1. a quick knit and 2. the book it comes from is basically a collection of cable panels only and you can substitute whatever suitable pattern you want. i finished the back and i'm waiting on my will to complete the two fronts and sleeves so we'll see when this gets done. one of my primary problems is that i keep having to flip back and forth between the instructions and the cable pattern so one day i'll finally nut up and bring the book to work and copy the pattern to paper.
i'm knitting this in a light gray ecological wool. the original pattern calls for quince and co. puffin but that looks like it'll give me a sweater that's warm enough to withstand arctic temps and i want something a little less bulky and not as sweaty so i can layer underneath it. mods: try for a larger shawl collar.
Sode by Hiroko Payne
unsurprisingly i'm into cabled knits and very nice lines and this pattern does both. i've evolved a lot from "no paying for patterns" when i was in high school to my current "this pattern is available in an issue of laine magazine and it's 30 dollars but i really love this pattern and i guess i'm supporting a small press undertaking with full page full color spreads" but yes. i paid 30 dollars for this pattern which REALLY MEANS i need to make this and at least one other pattern out of that magazine for it to be worth it. i'm also into poet by sari nordlund but i'm concerned with how the pattern will look with anything more than b cups. it might distort the fabric too much and not get the look i want.
i have a bunch of malabrigo rios in a dark blue set aside for this sweater. superwash merino will give me the same vibrancy but la bien aimee merino is definitely a higher quality at a higher price that i can't justify right now. i think it'll still look good, but only time will tell if the dreaded Malabrigo Rios Sag is real
Tecumseh by Caitlin Hunter
another sweater! it's big, it's simple colorwork so i can practice my colorwork, and it's dk weight so it can be worn for more than the coldest of winter months. idk why i'm worried about this when i'm gonna be frozen stiff for 6 months and then boiling alive in humidity for the other 6. mm. real weather.
i want to knit this one in a slightly crunchier, not 100% superwash merino yarn. BUT the tonal, not quite variegated quality that the white has to break up the monotony of single color knitting is only really possible because of the way that superwash merino is processed. so. dilemmas. i do think that i want to sub in a darker, wine toned red for the black like alliesoleil did because it looks nicer.
First Point of Libra by Laura Aylor
this one's all about the color. garter stitch knitting a full size shawl has lost its charm to me after knitting all the shades of truth for my mom a few years back but it really is the easiest and most effective way to get all these color changes across. plus, no matter how many years i've been knitting, purling is always terrible and i will do anything to avoid it. garter stitch gives me the cleanest lines and i love blocking it because it's so malleable and it goes where i want it to
i've been debating what color family i want my first point of libra to be in. a lot of people seem to be knitting it in black trillium fibres lilt sock gradient sets which is... probably also what i'm going to buy it in. i'm looking at sheaf (pale golden yellow), vapor (dusty blue), or ivy (desaturated blue-y green). i think my thing with an accessory the size of a piece of clothing is that i don't want it to be super saturated or else i wouldn't want to wear it a lot. ????? if you think that it would look nice in another color let me know so i can spend even more time staring at it lmao
sumile by eri
the cabled eyelets are so delicate in this one and i'm really liking the bell sleeves. i'm not sure that i will like the bell sleeves on me, but it's an aspirational thing. i'm debating whether i want the flared sleeves or if i'll knit the cardigan with half or 3/4 fitted sleeves. the next order of business would be whether i want to knit it in 100% alpaca (warm, potentially saggy with gravity and time, bright green) or in 50/50 silk/merino in off white or bright fuchsia
Chainlink by Norah Gaughan
norah and brooklyntweed i love you. i've wanted to knit this for exactly four years now and someday i will! this is probably the most technically complicated sweater on the list. the others are basically two fronts, a back, sleeves, and collar but this one is a front panel, back panel, two side panels, ribbing done separately and sewn on, then pick up the sleeves and complete, all while maintaining the chain link pattern. i LOVE a good challenge and this is definitely More Challenging than the others. plus it's so clean and i [grits teeth, clenches fist] love good design
this is gonna be in a goldenrod-ish heathered wool from colourmart, my best friend. i have all this wool and all these plans but i never complete them. a very familiar story
smaller knits:
Goldmead by Liz Corke
twisted rib stitch! cables! clever shaping by way of cables to make it fit better! the tiny little pinky separation! i really have NO IDEA if fingerless mittens are A Thing or in any way are Useful in the cold weather but i love these so much that i don't care. though the number of fingerless mitten patterns on ravelry means that it HAS to be kind of useful. i don't know what color i want this to be yet but i have some nice fingering weight yarns in my stash that i'm sure will be put to good use by making these
still on the needles at this moment:
Moth Cardigan by Amy Christoffers
in my need to get ever more cocoon-y with my clothing choices i chose a literal cocoon to make but the notes for knitters who had already completed this project were correct. the instructions are a bitch and a half to get through and it makes no sense. i knew what i was getting into when i paid for this: this person is not a professional publisher and i don't think that she test knit any of this before putting it up for sale. that was fine. i was paying for access to replicate this idea and i'd work out the rest myself. thankfully, it wasn't too hard to work out and i'm about 2/3 of the way done with this. i do need to hm. actually finish a project though and i think this might be the best choice for something to get done in the immediate future. perhaps by like. the end of february so i can wear it at least once before the summer? otherwise, it'll sit in storage for the fall.
this is knit in malabrigo arroyo in piedras which is gorgeous but the variegated dying will kill me. one side is noticeably warmer in color than the other and the completed project will probably look a little funky
if any of you are on ravelry, then be my friend at username hyemingway! come look at my favorites and let me raid yours for more pretty pictures.
