There are 5, 372 sweaters I wish to knit in my lifetime. I know this is an impossible number, made worse by the fact that I add new sweaters to the list far faster than I seem to knit them.
My dreams are far more prolific than my hands can ever be.
The fall/winter Anny Blatt books arrived yesterday:
There are, of course several sweaters I might want to add to my list.
This one and this one as well are pretty likely to go on my list. I am also rather fond of this cardigan, called Les Saisies although I do of course realize that the bobbles might be a bit excessive. The nice thing about the sweaters in this book is they are, for the most part, knit out of fairly basic wools so it is easier to substitute yarns if I don’t find what I want.
The other Anny Blatt book, the designer collection, the one with the grey sweater on the cover, uses more unique yarns and some projects are harder to duplicate. I actually am quite intrigued by the cover sweater and think it is quite interesting. I would, of course, leave off the fur edging. But there are several others I quite like, this one, called Albigeois is really lovely and I am strongly tempted to knit this one. Anselme is also pretty interesting but I am not sure you can see the interesting texture created by the combination of yarns in this photo. I also really liked Armelle but the photo on the web looks a little unfortunate in the placement of the motifs. I had not noticed this in the book itself. There are several others but I am making no guarantees that I will actually order yarn (or find it in the stash) for any of these. I always need a few days for the IDEA of the pattern to sink through the convoluted layers of my brain and make itself comfortable.
But I don’t think I will be bored with knitting, or run out of ideas, anytime soon.
Comments
4 responses to “FAll Anny Blatt”
With the arrival of new fall yarns and more books forthcoming, I doubt that any of us will want for inspiration and patterns in this lifetime or the next.
With the arrival of new fall yarns and more books forthcoming, I doubt that any of us will want for inspiration and patterns in this lifetime or the next.
I’m always so pleased to see what you’re thinking of knitting, and as usual, your choices are lovely! That is some unusual motif placement on Armelle, though! Maybe in a less-striking color combination….
I’m always so pleased to see what you’re thinking of knitting, and as usual, your choices are lovely! That is some unusual motif placement on Armelle, though! Maybe in a less-striking color combination….