What’s A Girl To Do?

One good girl. One good boy. One bad boy. She takes care of her family, runs the family restaurant and has dreams of opening a yarn shop in honor of her mother’s memory.

He’s the town sheriff, straight as an arrow, a local hero and wants her.

What’s the problem? The rogue, buff, biker who stole her heart in high school and never gave it back.

When she accepts the Sheriff’s marriage proposal it sets into motion an intense rivalry, the likes of which this quirky, quaint little town has never seen. Who will come out on top, and who will go down in flames?

What’s a girl to do?????

A nice easy read, and the storyline is intriguing enough to keep you interested with just a bit of graphic romance to spice things up.

Nora Roberts fans will love this book. The Sweethearts Knitting Club, by Lori Wilde.

Not too long ago I did a test knit for another designer that was for a cabled cardigan. It’s really cozy and nice but it just about broke me in a ton of different ways. I couldn’t get gauge, which I suppose is my own problem, but mainly I was somehow both bored and forced to pay attention at the same time.

Because it used the same cable all over, I always had to know what row I was on, but nine out of ten of those rows, nothing in particular was going on. So I couldn’t stop paying attention, but what I needed to attend to was boring.

It may have ruined me for knitting cabled sweaters, but maybe I just need something that’s more engaging. Like this Modern Aran Cardigan pattern from Lion Brand Yarn.

This is a reworking of an old pattern from their archives, and you can tell that form the classic look of the cables and the oversized feel (nothing cropped about this one!). It has allover cables, but like a classic Aran sweater it’s not the same cable, so you’ll have to pay attention to what row you’re on and what cable turns happen for which cables on that row.

Because of this, it’s considered an intermediate knitting pattern, but if you’re comfortable working from multiple charts at once it shouldn’t be a problem for you. There are three different charts and seven different cable moves.

Also because the pattern is so big and boxy there are only two sizes available, with a finished chest measurement of either 49 or 63 inches (that’s 124.5 or 160 cm). It’s up to you to decide how much ease you would like and whether that will work for your body.

The pattern uses worsted weight yarn (and calls for another classic, Lion Brand Fisherman’s Wool). It calls for six buttons and includes pockets to make it extra cozy.

This one looks like a great winter project to make and to wear if you’re up for a bit of a challenge. You can grab the free pattern or buy a kit with the yarn needed direct from Lion Brand Yarn.

[Photo: Lion Brand Yarn]

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