i have threated with showing my saddle shoulder aran for a long time now. and here it finally is. i am very pleased with the sweater and love the place the photo shoot took place. it is denmark at it's best.
stats:
13 balls of classic elite skye tweed, upland green
needles 3½, 4 and 4½ mm.
pattern: meg swansen's saddle shoulder aran
i did as meg said in the pattern and like so often before with the zimmermann family patterns i figured out what to do as i went. i knit on with confidence. well this maybe applies more for the first saddle shoulder i knit for my nephew and which was so terribly wrong-sized.
the yarn is beautiful beyond belief, and like many other bloggers i pester myself for not having bought a little bit more before it went out of the market. some find this yarn very scratchy and it is definitely not malabrigo but i love the texture and feel.
the cables are ribbed cable, fishbone, sheepfold, and staghorn. the arrangement of staghorn and ribbed cable is stolen from alice starmore's inishmore.
all i can say is, if you haven't knitted it yet, do sometime in the future. it is genius.
8 comments:
Wow that is BEAUTIFUL! What a great job. I love the colour too.
Interesting - I love the texture and feel of the scratchier wool too. As I use merino and watch it pill up, I love scratchy wool even more.
Stunning. Love it!
Gorgeous Sweater!!!
This, I want to steal from you and wear it! I love it!!
That is so good! And is that your dog? Give it a pat from me - beagles are so special.
It's always a great feeling to finish a project, especially a challenging one such as an Aran sweater. I love EZ's saddle shoulder design and use it almost exclusively for the menfolk in my life-one husband and 3 grown sons who all love hand knit sweaters.
Lovely sweater,I would like to make one too .....one day :-)
OHHH!!!!!
You're my inspiration :)
It's soo gorgeous!
Thank you so much for sharing the photos - and yes it is beautiful!!!
Ok, now I'm really going to have to hurry and finish mine :P
-K
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