Dec 07
I bought the yarn for this in October but didn't start knitting until Dec 07. This is King Cole Homespun in a sort of silver grey. I had in mind a winter cardi to wear instead of a coat etc but wasn't really happy with the King Cole pattern that I had. So basically I left this big bag of grey wool untouched in my back room, as it was sooo uninspiring and felt slightly annoyed with myself! My mind was focussed on the Rowan Big Wool pea jacket on the cover of the New Shapes book. I really wanted to knit this but experts in the know at Ring a Rosie talked me out of it twice on account of how skinny the model on the front cover was and how unflattering this would look on me. Plus 48 pounds was a lot to spend on wool that would not look too good. Through various searches and advice from Pavi yarns I found the Garn studios web site. I saw this pattern and better still it was free and even better was the exact gauge of the Homespun in my back room making me feel guilty. I completed this in 2 weeks , could have been quicker but work got in the way. I still need to buy buttons ( doing that tomorrow) and press the seams. But overall am very pleased with this. Even more so because my sister has since commissioned one for herself!