Gorgeous garter stitch

February Lady Sweater

I’ve fallen in love with garter stitch. For a long time, I avoided it because it seemed beginner-ish and dull. But I’ve grown to love the texture and the fact that it knits up in a millisecond. So I’d been debating about whether to knit a February Lady Sweater for a while. I didn’t want to commit myself to anything big with the time til the Big Day rapidly disappearing and far too much to organise before then. But the fact is, I wanted one. It’ll look good with the bump and be nice coverage for afterwards when I’m undressing in front of everyone every couple of hours. ;-)

The yarn is Louisa Harding Kashmir Aran from my stash. It’s been destined to be several different projects, but in the end, I think it suits a lace pattern best. The texture is odd as it’s not a twisted yarn but like a length of finely-knitted i-cord. It’s very soft, though, and has a slight sheen.

February Lady Sweater

The hardest part so far was getting to the sleeve division. I had over 300 stitches on the needle and every row was taking at least a quarter of an hour and I was slowly losing the will to knit. ;-) But now it’s done, it’s just lace pattern til it’s long enough and hopefully it’ll be a lot more enjoyable!

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3 Responses to Gorgeous garter stitch

  1. I loved knitting mine – purple is definitely the best colour for a FLS :o ) You are right, It will be a fabulous during and post pregnancy sweater. Mine is getting a little big now. I might have to knit another.

  2. It’s gorgeous and purple is so IN at the moment! I’ll look fabulous on you. I’m in awe of your 300 stitches, I think the most I’ve had on were 250, and it just seems to take forever!

  3. “Slowly losing the will to knit.” Well, we’ve all been THERE!