What to knit next? That’s the big question rattling around in my brain. Mostly, I feel called to knit another sweater. I’ve gotten kind of used to wearing handknit sweaters after having indulged in knitting for myself more over the last couple years.
Here’s swatch number one. This is some of that giant pile of fingering-weight four-ply I spun up not long ago.
I’d really like to whip this up into a sweater, but with only 1500-odd yards of this yarn, I’m going to have to make it stretch if I want a sweater out of it. I’m swatching up a lace pattern I like, and mulling my options over. I know this would be plenty of yarn for a nice-size shawl, but I know I’d get a lot more wear out of a sweater than a shawl, no matter how nice.
Here’s option number two.
Sitting here looking at these pictures, this option is looking a lot more viable. The green yarn is leftovers from my Kauni spiral sweater. I happen to have a whole other pile of the stuff, in the rainbow colorway. The tan yarn is some alpaca that I bought at Shepherd’s Harvest last spring and spun up. I think it will tone down the crazy rainbow-bright vibe nicely. The bottom half of the swatch is with a bigger needle, and a bit loosey-goosey. The top half is just right gauge-wise, and I like the reversal of colors in the top half versus the bottom.
This project is going to take a little while, and it’s not exactly mindless knitting. I think a simple project on the side would make sense. So maybe both at once? I dunno.