An Upcoming Project

Yes, I'm up early this morning. I woke up at 5am and couldn't go back to sleep as I had too many stuff going through my mind. When my thinking wheels are churning full steam ahead, I can't sleep. So, out comes my laptop, since it's still dark and Hubby is sleeping, and I don't want to disturb his sleep.

I am getting all caught up on my favorite blogs, and thinking about when I can pick up my sweater again. I took another look at the pattern and I think it actually is mark-on. But it's a bit poorly written when it comes to the sleeves, perhaps because of the unusual construction of the garment. So I'll just muddle along and see how it comes out.

Now, I've made several garments and a shawl for mother, a cap for father, a cute blanket for my nephew, but I've never made anything for my sister. I'd offered to make something for her, but we could never come to an agreement on a pattern. Well, now that's about to come to a change.

Sister has a cashmere sweater that she loves, but which is dying. She loves it so much that she wants me to recreate it, as closely as possible, but a bit shorter and with more room in the chest area. An opportunity to work with luxury fiber like cashmere for which one doesn't have to buy . . . how could one turn it down, especially when it's your sibling (even if butting heads occurs once in a while)?

Later today we'll be going over to visit, and I need to remember to pack my measuring tape and notebook with me, and hopefully take the sweater with me. I've come up with a few possibilities in terms of yarn - KnitPick cashmere blends, and Hunt Valley Cashmere yarn (I wish they would set up a website). Then I'll confer with Knitgenia on the reverse-engineering aspect. Should be an interesting project to blog about.