libby's camping sweater

Tuesday, November 08, 2016

The story of Libby's new horse blanket sweater:
My girlfriend's daughter made my girlfriend the cutest sweater.  (Yep.  Awesome young knitter.)  My girlfriend loves it.  So do I.    My girlfriend decided she wants to make herself another one.  I decide I want to make one, too.  It will be a gift to Libby for her Birthday.  
We decide to make a quick knit along.  We give ourselves dates, within a 4 week period, to achieve certain points in the pattern.    My girlfriend heads to JoAnns to buy her yarn.  I have yarn in my stash, gifted to me from my sweet boss.  (Who discarded her new hobby of knitting when she decided knitting an arm pillow really wasn't for her.)  I decide to use this gifted yarn.
I don't check the label on this yarn, but am certain it is the yarn that the pattern calls for.  I knit the sweater with this yarn.  The yarn drys the skin on my hands.  My fingers are sore after all of the pushing down the needle.  I finally read the label.  The yarn is thick and quick, not chunky.  The sweater ends up being the weight of a horse blanket.   I tell Libby it looks great and should be her camping sweater.  (I could never wear this sweater.)  She graciously tells me how awesome this sweater is.  I decide at some point I will buy the correct yarn and replace her sweater.  I hope it happens before she graduates from college.  The end.

Pattern:  Oatmeal Pullover
Needles:  US 10.5
Yarn:  4 balls Lion Brand Wool-Ease Chunky  (This is what I SHOULD have used.)
Size: 36
Mods:  No mods.  Just the wrong yarn. :)

You Might Also Like

6 comments

  1. What a beautiful sweater!! I love the tweedy yarn that you chose, it looks so good! I knit the oatmeal pullover a while back, such a comfy sweater.

    ReplyDelete
  2. It looks lovely and I think the yarn choice looks good. Xx

    ReplyDelete
  3. Dang, what a big difference a synonym makes. It's still a great sweater and Libby has the genes to make even a horse blanket look amazing, (to use your expression, not mine). That's the most elevated horse blanket I've ever seen.

    ReplyDelete
  4. I also made this sweater and used a different yarn and it turned out HUGE but I made another using Ella Rae Chunky for my cousin and she adores it. At least it was a quick knit!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Anonymous11/09/2016

    I've worked with that yarn before. It is really thick. It's scratchy for me. However, the final outcome for Libby is terrific. I like the colorway and how it fits her. Using it as a camping sweater is the smart way to use it as it gets so darn cold at night. Glad she loves it.

    ReplyDelete
  6. it looks cute on her, but anything would - she's darling!

    ReplyDelete