needles & vectors

I am on a mission. A mission to select a sweater to make for myself. After picking up 800 yards of this gorgeous stuff (Shelridge Farm W4 100% Wool in Chocolate) at Maryland Sheep and Wool Saturday, all I can think about is what sweater to choose. I’ve narrowed it down to, well, still quite a lot of choices. If you want to follow along, here’s the list in its entirety, all links going to Ravelry pattern pages.

- Cabled Bandeau (Veronik Avery) – IK Winter 2005
- Henley Perfected (Connie CHange Chinchio) – IK Winter 2007
- Refined Aran Jacket (Pam Allen) – IK Winter 2007
- Cinnabar Pullover (Kate Gilbert) – IK Fall 2007
- Tangled Yoke Cardigan (Eunny Jang) – IK Fall 2007
- Rowena Cardigan – Knit 2 Together
- Caftan Pullover (Norah Gaughan) – IK Spring 2006
- Bianca’s Jacket (Michele Rose Orne) – IK Fall 2006
- Supernova Pullover (Norah Gaughan) – IK 2006
- Cabaret Raglan (Norah Gaughan) – Best of IK
- The Daily Sweater – Mason-Dixon Knitting Outside the Lines
- Hey Teach (Helene Rush) – Knitty, Summer 2008
- Fair Enough (Wendy Bernard)
- Shalom(Meghan McFarlane)
- Hermia (Alison Green Will) – Knitty, Fall 2008
- Mr. Greenjeans (Amy Swenson) – Knitty, Fall 2007
- Wicked (Worsted Weight Version) (Sara and Rachel) – Zephyr Style
- Pioneer (kBomb) – Knitty, Spring 2009
- Bad Penny (Stefanie Japel) – Knitty

So how does one begin to narrow down the choices? I’ve developed a game plan of sorts. First, do I have enough of the yarn to make the sweater. Next, would the sweater look good on my body type. Third, is it either too boring or too complicated (AKA do I have any hope of actually finishing it). Last, how much do the (hopefully few) remaining patterns speak to me.

Don’t worry. I have no plans of going into all of this today. This is going to take some serious research and, well, it’s finals week. I’m going to draw things out, answering these questions one by one until I pick my sweater. Next installment likely, oh, Thursday?

I leave you with a totally non-sweater related photo of my Andromeda shawl, in progress.