Acer – this winter’s sweater

by Dorie on March 8, 2013

I have a habit of not finishing my sweaters until March. Lucky for me (?), I live in a place where it’s still plenty cold.

I started this sweater this fall, and I knit it in between more pressing or gift-related projects. It was a pleasant change from all the fingering weight I had been knitting with, and although a sweater really isn’t a portable project, you can pretty much take a sleeve anywhere.

This sweater is entirely wearable. It’s the best thing about it—I know I will wear it to pills. The sleeves are full length so my forearms won’t get cold, it’s a cardigan, so it’s easy to grab, and it’s a color of blue I lean toward.

Pattern: Acer by Amy Christoffers
Yarn: Free Range from Sanguine Gryphon, now discontinued. (But a lot like Traveller, I think.)

For my daughter who helped me take photos on the way home from school – awkward mom jump:

{ 8 comments }

Kris March 9, 2013 at 10:19 am

Awesome sweater! I’d want to wear it to pills too!

Dorie March 11, 2013 at 10:26 am: Thanks, Kris!

erin March 10, 2013 at 8:37 am

it’s gorgeous, dorie. it kind of makes me want to pick up some knitting needles. kind of.

Dorie March 11, 2013 at 10:25 am: kind of

Sarah R. March 11, 2013 at 2:15 pm

It’s so pretty! I love that color of blue.

I started a pair of fingerless mitts in the fall and, slooooow and inexperienced knitter that I am, I’m just finishing those now. So I too will have to be glad that my spring usually feels a lot like winter and will still require such things.

Dorie March 12, 2013 at 9:12 am: Thank you! Yeah, depending on how high the AC is cranked up, fingerless mitts can work in the summer too.

Marisa March 11, 2013 at 9:14 pm

Wow Dorie, this sweater is awesome. I have been looking for a fun cardi. This might be it for me. It is really REALLY pretty. You’re tempting me to cast on here!!