Big Brown Sweater - The Front

Believe it or not, I have a post about actual knitting. Not about "I'd rather be knitting" or "hey, I've got nothing, how about that Ravelry thing" but actual knitting.

Last night I decided that I needed a break from work and resumed knitting my husband's sweater. I started to do the V neck part. I've never done a V neck before and it is a lot of fun. The two balls of yarn and the decreases make it just interesting enough to be a relief from that vast amount of plain stockinette that I just finished.




Here is a close up of the neck:




Hmm...I'm thinking that stitch marker is pretty pointless since the big gaping V should be a pretty good reminder of where the decreases should be. Must take that off.

In other news, my soon-to-be 4 year old decided to do some knitting this week. This is what she came up with. I think it shows great potential.

Frustration

Sorry I haven't posted in a few weeks. I've been knitting. And frogging. And knitting and frogging. It is a terrible cycle. I finished the skirt on the Tilted Duster and picked up the stitches for the collar. Backwards. And then I did it again. Backwards. This is when I put the Duster down and started back to work on my husband's big brown sweater.
In my defense, I am resisting the urge to cast on something new until I finish at least one sweater.
Oh, and one more thing. The Duster....not so flattering on me. It is in time out until a) I gather the courage to try the collar again or b) I gather the courage to rip the whole thing out and knit me something else with the Peruvia.
Decisions, Decisions.

Big Brown Sweater

This sweater started of kind of fun with some ribbing and stripes:



Then it quickly became an endless length of brown stockinette. I mean endless...it needs to cover my husbands back.



And you know what, after all that stockinette I was dreading starting the front but I find that I'm really enjoying it. I think that knitting stockinette on sweaters is, to me, kind of what yoga is to others. I enjoy the mindless repetitive nature of it. It clears my head, it makes me focus and it relaxes me. So, I will continue the big brown sweater until it is complete (or I get really bored and start working on my lace shawl again).

Pattern is House Sweater by Amber Daniels from the Charmed Knits book. Yarn is Knit Picks Merino Style Cinnamon (and two other colors for the stripes that I can't quite remember...)