I have often pondered over what a sweater would be like knitted in yarn meant for socks. I came across this lovely hand dyed merino sock yarn and decided to give it a shot. This is what I did with it. I really like these colours.
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29 comments:
Colin,
That is just beautiful - SOOO colorful and yet subtle.
Great Job !
Loraine
Wow, Colin, that's a beautiful sweater! I love the colours. Well done :) I also love your aran pattern. Can't wait to see the final project.
Nice enough jumper but colours don't really suit as looks tooooooo eyesore.
the sweater is gorgeous, Colin. it must have taken forever! how much yarn did it take?
Beautiful, beautiful sweater. Love the colors too!
Anna
Very nice - good idea!
Judy
Colin,
For shame on you! That is a beautiful sweater! However, you left out all the details!!! How many sts/inch did you get? What size is the sweater? How long did it take you? Was it all one piece or did you have to do seaming? What was the pattern?
It is beautiful. I would love to do a sweater like that, however, with my ample figure it would take me years…and years…and years…
Hugs,
tammy
This Pullover looks fantastic!
Very nice! (My favorite is still the tunic you posted pics of June 25th though. :-)
It must have cost a fortune to do as that yarn is very expensive, even to make a pair of socks.
Agnes
Love those colors, Colin. That is a great looking
sweater. It reminds me of a sweater I hand knit for
one on my boys when they were small.
Nice sweater again, Colin. The yarn reminds me very much of some that were very popular in the '70s but this is much nicer as the ones in the 70s were apt to make huge zig-zag type patterns unless you knitted alternately from two balls.
Lovely colours, do you know who dyed the yarn?
LOVED the sock yarn sweater
so pretty!!!!
Hello.
Everything you touch turns into a piece of art. It is another beautiful sweater.
You made me jealous.
Happy knitting.
Linda
Colin,
your work is just awesome. You are so talented. I like your results with the sock yarn. I also like your Aran pattern and the raglan you knot
michael
Colin,
If I could knit like you, I'd have to put the air conditioner down to
about 60 so I could wear sweaters all the time. The only problem
would be going out into the 97 degree heat.
I love your sweaters.
Iris
Very pretty Colin. It reminds me of a sweater I had back in around 1972. It was the same colours, in a space dyed yarn, only had a short zipper with a peace sign zipper pull at the neck. I loved it.
Chris
That is so inspiring Colin..I love so many sock-yarns but can't knit socks.I just have to choose a colour combination now. ! angie.
Colin
You do beautiful work !!
Your attention to details is
impeccable!!!
judi
This is Gorgeous! Your work is wonderful, as is your dog Moon. Thanks for sharing your art with us! Paula
OMG!!! This is so fabulous that I am practically drooling over my keyboard--I am so impressed. There are lots of odd-looking machine knit garments; the sweaters *you* make give Machine Knitting the best name it could possibly have. I want to knit just like you :-)
cheers from Lisa
WHOA!! This is HANDKNIT?? What beautiful even stitches--wonderful job! I assumed it was machine knit because it looks so perfect :-)
cheers,
Lisa
Lovely sweater - details of the yarn (great colours btw) would be really good
Colin, I am finally returning to Mk'ing and my Yahoo groups after sustaining a broken arm, and what a delight it was to see your new sweater! I LOVE that yarn, and the sytle is timeless. Thanks for your inspiration, as always.
Regards,
Kathy
The colors look great on this sweater. This sock yarn is great for sweaters
if this is how they will look.
A great sweater--funky in the best possible way!
Colin, as usual this is beautiful work. I wish I knew how you have magically got 72 hours in every day as I just cannot fathom out how you produce so many lovely garments as well as looking after those puppies.
I agree it's beautiful! As for his productivity.... I think Colin must have trained his puppies to knit
I really like the pullover you made with that! Who said one has to knit
only certain things with certain yarns anyhow? That is the beauty of
knitting: you can be creative and imaginative.
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