The first Autumn sweater for nieces done & dusted ! The only difference between the two sweaters will be a colorway choice of undyed fleece colors. They are the same exact size, and otherwise will be almost the same, which is actually very amusing. They asked so nicely if I could make over-sized fit this year, because when I knit last year’s sweaters I made a gauge error, and although the sweaters turned out flatteringly fitted, there was obviously not a bit of room to wear over clothes, so I am never again making that mistake. Making nieces my most recent Sol Inca design in the after-thought pullover option, because I just am not tiring one bit from knitting these! Oh, I’m knitting with Simply Wool that I spoke about a few posts back , and let me say now, that I found it very wholesome to have to wash actual dirt out of the sweater when I was ready to wash & block it, and that only means the yarn is definitely minimally processed, undyed, and not overly scoured either. I say that like it is a good thing! Now there is a little intermission in my Autumn Sweater knitting, as I am waiting for yarn on the other sweater to become available, for a lovely very light contrast, soft colors as requested by eldest niece, definitely worth the wait, even if the sweaters wont’ be ready until late in the season. Yet I can’t stop this knitting locomotive, once I’ve psyched myself up for it, so I’ve decided to let this one sit awhile while I get going with pattern writing something I’ve been thinking about for years!
Jenjoyce Design 
You are on a roll! I found myself here via an anxiety-inspired need to “check” on anything and found this lovely post… beautiful results of productive and sustained sitting…
And a new design in progress.
You are an inspiration,
Oh, thank you Karin! Always such a support , xox!
Oh, that is lovely! And smiling at your gauge issues, and your sweet girls. They know how much work, thought, time, and money go into these creations, and clearly they appreciate it, but don’t want you to make something they can’t wear. Nice young women!
I am knitting a much plainer sweater from Bartlett Yarns, which is local to me. I love their yarns! But I am glad I washed my swatch. The color is much brighter and the yarn much softer. A lot of processing dirt in the yarn, apparently! And a little VM… I can’t wait to wash the sweater and see it in its glory.
Sarah, so glad you have a wholesome ” local wool ” sweater on your needles, how exciting!!! ( Is it for yourself, or maybe spouse?)
I wish I had local wool but commercially milled is such a luxury [[ Backstory: In my twenties I kind of glutted out on the sheep & goat raising, having hired a shearer, the whole nine yards, eventually just giving up on the wool washing constantly picking out weeds etc, and taking it to Yolo Wool Mill to have it scoured and made into roving. Still, it sat in bags, for another decade, until the wildfire took care of it , story ends there. ]] I am investigating Harrisville Designs as a source of American made, but I think I’ll check into Bartlett for a lark! Thank you for posting, and I hope you are enjoying life and Autumn, and blueberries picked! xx
Do check out Bartlett! They are not as well known as Harrisville or Green Mountain Spinnery, but I really like them, and they are more affordable, I think. Not a lot of variety in bases, but LOADS of colors! This sweater is for me, DW does not want a knitted sweater., She has one I made before I knew that, she never wears it. I am tempted to take it back and frog it, make something that will get worn, but I haven’t yet taken that step. I have enough things in the queue for a while. 🙂
Sarah, there’s nothing wrong with DW just having the sweater you made her, even if she never wears it, because it is something you made for her, and well, that is a cherished thing. You deserve sweater though, but without frogging that one. 🙂
Lol that is a good point. I will let her keep it. It is a bartlett yarn sweater, in a deep cranberry red. I know where I can get more of it. 😊
Oh! I’m on the Bartlett site, looks great! I am definitely going to get some yarn from them. Thank you for the suggestion!
https://bartlettyarns.com/
So glad you are loving it as much as I do! I can’t wait to see what you do with it.
The yarn is downright gorgeous. Sometime I bet I’ll have a small hoard and do a yarn tasting with it, no doubt. THANK YOU!!!
Lol you are welcome!
Sarah, I found on the Barlett website very interesting ” balls ” of roving. Have you seen these? They look like woolen carded wool lightly rolled and molded into balls, are these for woolen spinning? https://bartlettyarns.com/product-category/roving/half-lb-balls/
I am not sure! I haven’t seen them. i did buy a package of “farm wool” once at a fair… it was awful for me to spin, but I was a complete novice at the time. I bet it would do fine for woolen!
Well, I am interested in learning more woolen technique, but difficult when one simply makes rolags from already perfectly combed sliver/roving… so I guess I’ll have to try a ball and will make an experiment ( of course, post, and we can carry on with the discussion of ‘ wool balls ‘. I am so all over that 2ply fisherman yarn. I’m going to order some as soon as this fire goes. Also I’m worried about clogging the ballot flow with too much yarn in the mail. 🙂
I have been thinking that woolen spun is my next thing to learn. But perhaps I need to make some rolags and start there, since I have never even done that!
Lol at clogging the mail with yarn… I bet you could ask them to ship it fedex!
https://bartlettyarns.com/product/glen-tweeds-round-roving/
Oh, I see now, the balls seem to be felted to see the color. The roving comes in the typical cylindrical wound cones.
I am going to have to go check it out now!
loved reading this 🙂