Craft Corner: First Sweater

Words cannot express how truly pumped I am to be knitting my first adult sized sweater. Words also cannot express how pumped I am that it’s actually going very smoothly. There were a few hiccups to start out, I’ll admit I had to frog the first set of increases about a thousand times. But that seems to have all passed and I’m confident there’s nothing but smooth sailing ahead.

Ugh. Purl Row.

Honestly, I don’t think I could have chosen a better pattern for my first time. It’s a top down set in sleeve pattern which eliminates any seaming. It’s awesome for me, because I didn’t want to do a bunch of research before I started. The other great thing is there’s absolutely no guessing with what I’m supposed to do next.  Yes, I did say before that I had a few hiccups to start off, but that’s because I let myself get distracted by an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Really, if you pay attention when you’re making the increases everything should go smoothly.

I am, however, a bit concerned about the yarn. I decided to go with Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in Columbine, Cloud and Crème Brulee. First off, I’ve unintentionally chosen Vikings colors, which isn’t terrible. I just don’t care to have a Vikings sweater. Second, the yarn feels a bit scratchy, and I’m very sensitive to scratchy sweaters and it’d sort of suck to never want to wear my first sweater.

Concerns aside, I can’t wait to finish this bad boy and wear it to all the Vikings games I don’t go to.