Out of Season Knitting

For whatever reason, in this new Covid world in which we live, I am finding myself drawn more and more to knitting and crochet projects.

This is the first of the lot.  I was rummaging through a pile of paperwork, looking to put things away, and I stumbled across a printout of this pattern.  I first found it many years ago, and it looked promising.  The pattern is called "Quick Knit 1940s Style Sweater," which pretty much sums it up, I think.

And so I set out to find an appropriate yarn.  Which I managed to find in the stash.  At one point I started using this Knit Picks City Tweed for a wrap sweater, but the stockinette stitch did little for the lovely textured yarn.  I didn't get very far with the project before putting it away.

Lucky for me, I had enough yarn for this particular sweater, because I think the faux cable pattern suits the tweedy bits very nicely.

And like the name of the sweater, this is a massively quick knit.  In fact, I couldn't believe how fast this project came together.

It probably has to do with the fact that I tend to use fingering weight for most projects.  But even so, this thing just flew along.

Sure, I have more at-home time these days, but finishing a sweater in less than ten days is unheard of for me.

And while working with wool may be a bit out of season at the moment, I can't wait until I get to wear my new sweater!

I have an old deep plum colored skirt made of rayon jacquard that needs refashioning, and I think the two pieces would make an excellent pairing.  I just have to figure out exactly what I want to do with that skirt . . .