A couple weeks ago I met with our Cascade rep and she shared with me a new pattern by Wool & Pine using Cantata yarn. I've always been a huge Cantata fan, I have two sweaters in the yarn!! I love how it's a larger gauge yarn, but doesn't overheat me! And the stitch definition is just beautiful.
So anywho...the pattern...
She turned her ipad towards me and I actually gasped. I completely fell in love with the sweater! Isn't it just stunning??? Then reality struck...I could tell the construction would not be my beloved top down raglan (hello, I'm a lazy knitter) AND it was so fully cabled my cabling hook may catch fire. But, you just can't say no to a sweater that you want this much!
So I grabbed the yarn (the color I wanted was in stock here at the shop and I had the exact number of skeins it called for for my size...it was meant to be!!!) then I purchased and downloaded the pattern. I sat, a little stunned, as I realized I would need to knit a 15" wide gauge swatch. FIFTEEN INCHES?????? REALLY????
I gave serious thought to going rogue and not doing the gauge swatch...but because of the construction of this sweater, I can't try it on as I go...and I wasn't about to gamble with this baby. I actually learned/reinforced a lot of things as I knit my cute little/big swatch (I am making my musings into a series that I'll share on FB and Instagram!!!)
Meanwhile, Hilde was doing some research for her Hilde's Corner and she came across the same gosh darn sweater!!! One day I was excited to show her the new sweater I started...and she looked at me like I was crazy...how did I know about the sweater that she just discovered?! This sweater is SOOOOO Hilde's jam too!!
Anyway...all this to say...I stepped outside my normal and embraced something that makes me rub a few more brain cells together...and so far I haven't died! ;)
I look forward to sharing my progress with you!! Oh...and these are the new colors of Cantata that just arrived (the point of this article!)
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