Sweater Weather

While I’m not quite ready for summer to end (the endless tomatoes from the garden! the flowers! the chicken eggs every single day!) I am ready for sweater season! There’s some thing so comfy and cozy about wearing a sweater, while knitting a sweater in an old farmhouse at the top of a hill.

I knit this one just for fun, since I had grabbed some yarn on sale. Just a cheap, self patterning acrylic, but it’s soft and will probably make a nice gift for someone. Knit from the top down, no particular pattern, just measured out where my shoulders should go and did some steady increase shaping. I think it came out alright for just messing around!

I know many people have very strong opinions on structured (knit in multiple pieces and seamed) vs non structured (knit in one piece, either bottom up or top down) sweaters. And sure, there are benefits to a seamed sweater. But I definitely appreciate the ease of the knitting something in one piece and not having it go to my “to be finished” pile where it will sit until it’s out of style!