I Can’t Believe I’ve Missed This!!

Nashua Painted Forest. I just love it! This is what the woods outside my window look like this time of year, my favorite time of year.

This is what Yarndex says:

“Painted Forest” by Nashua Handknits is a variegated yarn with rich earthtone colors blended within each twisted strand. Available in 10 bold multi-colors, “Painted Forest” is suitable for sweater weight garments, hats, blankets, and shawls. The content of “Painted Forest” is 100% wool.

Yummy. I. Must. Find. Some!

“And do what with it?”, you ask.

“mmmmmmmmm” as she dreamily drools all over the keyboard, “I’m sure it will tell me what it wants to be, they always do”.

And that, my friends is why my family wonders just when I will finally fall off that slippery slope I desperately cling to!

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If you’re looking for a sweater knitting pattern that uses up some of your stash and allows you to make just the sweater you want, the Marlina Rib by Shay Johson might be just the thing.

It’s worked with two strands of fingering weight yarn held together to make a DK weight gauge, so you can use the same two yarns throughout or change one or both regularly for an even more colorful look.

The pattern has options to make it either a crewneck or a henley style with buttons, tapered or relaxed sleeves, and a straight hemline or a split hem with buttons (which sounds so cute if you do the henley with split hem and match the buttons on both parts).

It’s also knit from the top down so you can make the body and the sleeves as long as you want. There are 10 sizes available in the pattern, with a chest circumference ranging from 32 to 68 inches, or 81.5 to 172.5 cm. It’s meant to be worn with 4-6 inches/10-15 cm of positive ease at the chest.

The pattern page on Ravelry includes tons of measurements and yardage estimates so you can make sure you’ll get a good fit for your body before you even buy the pattern. Shay also shows a few variations of the sweater so you can see how different options look before you decide how you want to put them together.

The stitch pattern is 1×2 ribbing, which is really easy to do and gives a look almost like fisherman’s rib that’s relaxed and easy to wear.

This sweater looks like a great option for people who are somewhat new to sweater knitting or those who love to have lots of customization options (because it’s like getting multiple sweater patterns in one!).

Check out all the details and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself at Ravelry.

[Photo: Shay Johnson]

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