NaKniSweMo – Well, we’ll see

NaKniSweMo – or, National Knit a Sweater Month – is my latest crazy attempt to knit something with a deadline. While two adult sweaters I’ve made previously took less than a month each, I am worried this one will take far longer because I’ll get distracted. Yes, setting a deadline may distract me from accomplishing this. When it comes to school and work, deadlines rule – knitting, forget it. I’ll try to post some progress photos every few days (yes – instant blog fodder!) but don’t be surprised if they all wind up being iPhone photos.

So, what am I knitting? Trellis and Vine Pullover from the Fall 2009 issue of Interweave Knits. It’s a simple raglan sweater with great cable and lace details. Most of it’ll be miles of stockinette, perfect for bus rides, TV knitting, and talking to Matt while he makes dinner. I’m using the 8 balls of deep red Ella Rae Classic I got to make Matt a sweater (before he shifted my priorities for him to knitted ski accessories). It’s not a wool I can wear right next to my skin but I should be fine wearing a long sleeve shirt underneath.

I just started this afternoon after swatching this morning. It’s  worsted where the pattern calls for DK. With my gauge, I’ll be knitting the 32″ pattern to wind up with my size (35″).  This is a bit of an experiment but it should work out fine. (Or so I keep telling myself.)