Elysium

Yes, that is the name of the sweater that I began a few weeks ago. And yes, this is a picture of said sweater. The sun was shining so brightly this day and reflecting off of all that snow out my front windows. It seemed like a good time to try and get a picture. It gives a fairly accurate representation of the color. I am still really loving this yarn. It is Malabrigo Rios in Playa. I love, love, love, this yarn. I already loved Malabrigo, but this is by far my favorite. It is heavy and soft, but it is clean. I am not a fan of really pilly yarns. I am hard on my yarn, but I don't want it to look like it! I think this will hold up well with wear. And I actually have good reason to think so. You see, in usual V form, I have already started this sweater three times. And even with two restarts the yarn is not fuzzing or really looking any different than the untouched skeins. That is a good sign that it will wear well. There were restarts because I was working out a few kinks. I added five stitches too many to the length the first time around. Yes, it did make a difference. So the first rip out was all the way to the cast on row. I had only knit about half of the front left side though. Not too bad. The second was because I realized that I was doing my W&T (wrap and turn) stitch wrong. I had done a pattern with this stitch before, but watched a really good video on youtube just as a refresher. Well, I was interrupted before I got to the last crucial part of the stitch. So version number two was ripped once I got to the left sleeve because I realized that I had done the stitch wrong! So here I am sporting the left front and left sleeve of Elysium 3.0. The length is good and the stitches are right. I have since finished about half of the back. This project is just what I wanted and needed for a project right now. Just enough detail that I have to pay a little attention, but not so much that I can't watch tv at night while knitting!