My first sweater design as well as my first cashmere project! Balls-y, I know. But it turned out ok (I say with a big sigh and a sweep of my hand over the forehead.)I used a 2-ply Mongolian cashmere from Jade Sapphire. Although I ordered it online from Loop, a great yarn store in Philly. The color was Pewter, and one skein (400 yds.) finished the small sweater! That doesn't happen often. The straps incorporate a navy, cotton plush brocade ribbon that I found in the garment district of NYC at M & J Trimmings, the best store for ribbon in the world. Yes, the world.
Ask my knitting friends...how many sweaters have I knit that don't come close to fitting? I'm not sure if I've had the bad luck of getting my hands on bunk patterns, or if my yarn substitutions and my math have not served me well. However, I recall two sweaters where I travelled the world to find the exact brand/weight of yarn called for in the pa
ttern, and still failed; armholes too tight, neck too big, long sweater became a belly sweater, only appropriate for a young 20-something with a washboard stomach. Wait...strike that. No one should be wearing belly-anything in 2006. But alas. The entire experience has turned me into a budding pattern designer. Or in some cases, a pattern re-designer. (But all good ideas come from somewhere, right?)
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