Let Sleeping Dog Lie

I guess this will be the end for yet another year of March Sweater Madness. It was fun while it lasted. No, I didn't get my sweater finished, first time in three years. On the other hand, I did finish a UFO in April. The pictures of the baby sweater can be found on my blog.

Holly I still owe you a gift for finishing your March Sweater Madness. I will get in touch soon to get your mailing address.

Have a great year and knit on.

Progress

I have the first button hole made, as well as the first set of side decreases. That is progress, right? Slow, but progress nevertheless. After all, I've used up two full balls of ALaFloss Lopi already. May I take this opportunity to congratulate Holly on her speedy finishing of her March Sweater Madness sweater. Great job, Holly!

May I also state that I am quite disappointed that no one else has joined us this year. There is still time, ladies.

Finally Started

I chose the first Drops jacket with the cables, and I'm using Alafloss Lopi. I'm hoping the fit will work since I laughed in the face of the swatch. I cast on last night and finished the required ribbing, and today started the cables. I've already worked through an entire 100g ball of wool. Small wonder with 260 stitches on the needles. But I love the fact that there will be so little finishing.

Off to The Races

Here are the choices for this year's KAL:

DROPS jacket in ”Alaska” with cables, raglan sleeves and hood

DROPS jacket in ”Eskimo” or ”Silke-Alpaca” with A-shape and ¾-long or long sleeves

Valpuri - form fitting T with a split neckline and cap sleeves, knit in an eye-appealing variety of cable stitches

All three patterns use larger gauge to make the knitting go a little bit faster, with varied difficulty level to suit a variety of skill levels. The Drops patterns have alternative yarn suggestions. Personally, I plan on stash diving to find something suitable. As much as I hate it, I guess that will mean swatching.

As there are only two of us, so far, that will be participating, I am thinking of a small yarn and/or accessories swap instead of a prize for the first one to complete their sweater. If more members participate, perhaps we could give out a prize based on votes for best fitting sweater. Sweaters still need to be finished and ready to wear by March 31st. More info to follow, and, as always, please post any suggestions in the comments.

I hate to bother you, Michelle, but is there a way to inform all previous participants of this year's March Sweater Madness without sending individual emails?

Happy Knitting!
Happy March Sweater Madness!

Another Year of Madness??

Understandably, this site has been very quiet for the past few months, but it is March once again. Are any of you interested in a third year of Madness??

I, for one, would sure like to make this an annual event. Although our intrepid leader Michelle is not available to guide us (it's my understanding that she's out of the country at the moment), perhaps we could still make a go of it. I just got back from a 5-week vacation, and although we're already into March with none of the preliminaries in place, I believe there is still time to get this Madness rolling and complete a sweater by the time the 31st gets here.

If any of you are interested, perhaps you could leave a message in the comments by 6pm EST on Wednesday, March 4th and state your preferred yarn weight and style, and provide a link to any specific pattern. At this late date, I believe patterns available for free from online sources would work best due to our limited time.

I am looking forward to all your suggestions and ideas.