Hi! :waving:
I saw this sweater pattern in the latest Lion Brand magazine and fell in love with it! The pattern is free so I downloaded it last night. It looks like it would be very enjoyable to knit and to wear.
http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/90464AD.html?noImages=
Here’s my dilemma. I’ve knit socks with the Fisherman’s Wool called for in the pattern and the socks came out great for warm, heavy and comfortable ski socks. Just awesome!
But I really want something much more colorful and probably much softer for the sweater. I keep thinking a variegated color would be beautiful and unique.
The Fisherman yarn is a category 4 medium wool and an 8 oz skein contains 465 yards.
Here’s the rub - the pattern calls for a double strand of the yarn throughout. Having worked with this yarn before I can predict how overly heavy that would be and I don’t think it would be as soft as I’d like it.
I thought of using perhaps a very soft bulky or extra bulky yarn in a pleasing colorway or maybe a double strand of a softer Category 4 yarn and hoped to get some advice from my buddies on here.
So - thanks ahead of time!
Ruthie:hug: