Pattern: Acorns by Carol Sunday, from the Fall 2010 Twist Collective (Rav pattern page)
Yarn: The Plucky Knitter superwash merino, in the Honey Wilkes colorway
Needles: size 4 and 5 US circulars
Mods and Notes: Oh gosh. I do really like this sweater but there are definitely things I wish I’d done differently. Namely, I would have knit it at a size up from the smallest size. When I button all the buttons, it gaps pretty noticeably. I’ll probably wear it the way I did in the photos, with only the top few buttons done up.
I love the details; the acorn-patterned yoke, of course, and the little acorns running around the hem and sleeve edging.
Let me just say a note about the yarn – oh, the yarn, lovely lovely yarn! The color is amazing – it almost glows. The merino is super soft, and was a pleasure to knit with. One of those projects you almost don’t want to finish because you don’t want to stop playing with the yarn! Luckily for me, I have a couple more skeins left…enough for a hat and fingerless mitts combo, possibly?
It’s been clear for a while that I’m not going to make my 12 sweaters in 2010 goal. Honestly, that doesn’t really bother me at all. I feel like I’ve stayed on track really well with my sweater knitting, and just having that goal in mind has pushed me to complete more sweaters than I otherwise would!
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wow, what a beautiful sweater, you must be so pleased! absolutely love the design the yoke, the sleeves and even the hem are such nice details and a great colour.
Thank you! The details are my favorite part, and made it a fun knit.
Love it! I definitely put this in my Rav queue and have just the yarn for it. Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks! Glad I could provide inspiration : ) It’s not an easy pattern but was very fun!
This is beyond gorgeous! I love everything about it! 🙂
Aw, thanks so much! : )
I agree with Lina above: I love everything about this sweater. It looks fabulous on you. You do beautiful work. (I also love the name of the yarn colour too – Honey Wilkes was Ashley Wilkes’ sister in Gone With the Wind and was supposed to marry the doofus Charles Hamilton until Scarlett O’Hara stole him from her. Oh Ashley!)
Thanks for the kind words! I am a big Gone with the Wind fan, both the book and movie, so the name of the yarn really appealed to me! And I agree, Charles was such a doofus. : ) Honey was also a bit of a doofus, bless her heart. They would have made a good couple, I think, if Scarlett hadn’t interfered!
It’s beautiful! I think it looks great with only the top buttons undone.
I hadn’t realized that most of the body was purled! Uh-oh… Yours looks great, though, I love the colour and it works really well with just those three buttons closed.
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