Will you knit them or will you buy them? I'm torn about this.... I absolutely love the style but am torn over whether or not they'll stay in style long enough to warrant knitting them. What do you think?
Magaschoni gray cable cashmere sleeveless hooded cardigan
$230 – Bluefly
Vince Sculpted Cable Cardigan
$285 – Intermix
JUCCA Cardigan
$234 – Yoox
Burberry Cable knit cardigan
$995 – Net-A-Porter
Cable Knit Pullover
$595 - Barney's New York
Snuggery Cardigan
$228 – Anthropologie
Lutz & Patmos Cable Coat Cardigan
$825 - Barney's New York
And my all-time favorite...
Stella McCartney Organic Long Cable Knit Cardigan- Bark
$1,195 – Barneys New York
which looks remarkably similar to this Elizabeth Zimmerman pattern (Ravelry link) I just happened to start a few months ago. Even the colors the same! The only problem is.... I've got quite a ways to go before it's finished, but if I ever needed inspiration to keep going, I've got it now! The good news is that it's made with 3 strands of LB Fisherman's Wool (held together) on size 10.5 needles and it goes pretty fast.... when I work on it ;-)
I'm also working on another EZ inspired sweater. This one's just a cabled pull-over, knit in the round, made of several different cable patterns that I chose myself. It's made from Kraemer Yarns Victor which is a super soft undyed chunky 100% Merino yarn. Love, love, love. I'm on my second attempt of this sweater (I was making my traveling cables wrong in the first attempt {at the top} which you can probably see if you look closely) and am simply frogging the first attempt to knit the second. You can imagine how far along I was with the first attempt before I realized that I was doing something wrong, and if you can't let me tell you.... I was far. Really far. I was so far that I thought that maybe the 
wonky traveling cables didn't look so bad after all. Then I thought better and started over. Actually..... that's not exactly true. Before I started over I thought I might be able to "fix" the cables by frogging each cable individually (a la EZ in one of her knitting DVD's.... Knitting Workshop maybe?) and spent twice as long "fixing" the cables as I'd have spent simply re-knitting them. And the results? 
Horrible. After spending all the time unknitting and re-knitting every single cable section in the entire sweater it looked terrible. There were ladders after each cable section that, try as I might, I simply couldn't re-distribute throughout the rest of the stitches. So that's when I decided to start over.I've also been crocheting. A lot. I've been working on two granny square blankets (don't ask me why.... I just got the urge to make them); the first one's made completely from my own handspun...
... and the other's made from Elsbeth Lavold Silky Wool.
In other news, Cheerleader Daughter attended her first ZTA function, a Cowboys and Indians Social.
Oh and I dropped another pound!
i'm so glad to see you knitting and crocheting again! and it's good to see cheerleader daughter enjoying school!
Posted by: Cheryl | September 24, 2008 at 09:21 AM
Love the granny square afghans! Makes me want to make one for Trouble and the baby.
LOVE the pictures from College! I miss those days already with Munchkin.
As for the long sweaters, they were very popular in the 80's and the sweater coat never seems to go out of style really. I am actually working on a swatch for one for myself to wear with jeans, so I would love to know what you plan to do....
Posted by: Lisa | September 27, 2008 at 12:28 AM
Where have you been? I've missed reading your blog. Please write to me and let me know you're doing okay. If you're not okay, let me know that too.
Posted by: Chelle | May 07, 2009 at 05:48 AM
Hello!- I came across your crocheted blankets and found them absolutely amazing-what type of pattern did you use. I absolutely LOVE IT!!!!
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Posted by: Trent | January 22, 2010 at 12:47 PM