So I just said that I don't do knit-alongs, which is why it's taken me two years to get around to knitting a Rogue hoodie. I am a texture knitter more than a color knitter, so I love Celtic motifs, cables, arans, ganseys, ... and this sweater was a slam-dunk-you-better-believe-I'm-making-this sweater. Problem is, between my backlogged pipeline and my stash, it took me two years to get to it!
I am making it in the discontinued Rowan Silken Tweed, in the color Plum. I bought this yarn back in 1999, and I was going to make a boxy pullover from a Rowan Tweed book. I got about 3 balls into it and frogged it, because I figured it would swallow me. Then the yarn sat in the stash for five years until I found Rogue, and that is what the Silken Tweed wanted to be.
I am up to having to sew the shoulder seams and start on the hood, which I know is the tricky part of this pattern. Up to now it's been a fun knit; just enough interest with the Celtic knots to be engaging, but enough stockinette to be compatible with relaxation and tv watching. But now I'm at the attention to detail point.
I hope to finish this by early January, because it's the perfect sweater for my winter and early spring 2007. I have a sabbatical and a book contract, so I am going to want clothing to make me cozy and to make me want to write! It also won't hurt if Rogue also makes me feel creative.