You’re Turning Violet, Violet!

The thing is, that despite being a purpleaholic, I have never knitted myself a purple sweater. And this is definitely a purple sort of purple. After spending a long time browsing yarns for Laika, choosing a yarn, changing my mind, choosing another, I think I have picked a good ‘un.

The yarn is Yeoman Yarns Panama, a cotton/acrylic blend, in “Crocus”. I’m hoping that it will have a bit more memory than a pure cotton sweater would. It’s nicely soft and best of all there’ll be minimal seaming! It’s a little brighter than it looked online, but as it won’t be a solid swathe of colour, I think it won’t be quite as BRIGHT! as it looks on the cone.

I am also hoping, despite the skinny yarn and lace pattern, that Laika will be a fairly straightforward knit. I am going to knit the 42″ size without any adjustments because it matches my measurements pretty much perfectly. The lace should give a little bit of stretchy leeway for the boobage.

This is my motivation to finish off the current WIPs, too, so that I can have some swatches to share. Guess what I’ll be up to at the weekend?