More of my Sweet Pea Coat. This sweater has a story.

Remember how it started? 

Meh – boring gray yarn, intended for a project I didn’t want to knit for someone I no longer wanted to knit for.  It was meant to be something fun – something for me.  It needed life, personality, color.  Some experimenting in the dye studio, a little vote, more tweaking of the color and it became this:

It needed one more thing – perfect buttons.  A swatch went off to Moving Mud and a few weeks later at Rhinebeck – squee!

The knitting, so fast on size 11 needles – start to finish, done in just over 3 weeks.

From boring gray unwanted yarn to this – it came to life.  Its my sweater now and its perfect.

The details:

• Yarn: Brown Sheep Burly Spun, 6 skeins, plus one for the color experimenting
• Pattern: Sweet Pea Coat by Kate Gilbert, from Twist Collective.  The pattern, by the way – flawless.  Well written, detailed, easy to follow.
• Needles: size 11 circulars
• Buttons: 4 1.25″ flat glass XL size buttons, custom made by Moving Mud
• Started: October 10, finished November 2

I wore it yesterday, as a coat over a light pullover.  It was ideal, if not a bit warm on a 50+ degree day.  Bring on winter – no doubt this will be a wardrobe staple.

What’s next?  Christmas knitting!  eep.  Two kid sweaters, less than 2 months to the big day and unfortunately, a major fail in the planning for one of them, that has things stalled for the moment.  More on that later this week.  In the meantime, I’m focused on this

Socks started weeks ago and put aside.  The yarn, my favorite sock yarn, Mountain Colors Weaver’s Wool Quarters in the Crazy Woman colorway.  They’ll match the moebius shawl I made years ago in the same colorway.  My goal for the week – finish the cuff.   And hopefully start a Christmas sweater.

Happy Wednesday!  Off to knit a bit before work…