The more I knit on this, the more it is showing up to be a really great combination of very talented designers ideas and is becoming it's own distinct sort of thing.
I am so happy with it.
My gauge is different than on Ann Budd's Cait. The colourwork from Cait becomes something very striking and really interesting at this larger gauge. The shoulder construction with its gentle slope gives the sweater a more natural set comes from Joji Locatelli's Lipstick but at its heart, it is a Basic Drop Shoulder from Ann Budd's A Knitters Handy Book of Sweater Patterns.
No doubt, you can tell I love Ann's Knitters Handy Book series. It harkens back to the old sweater wheel I have from the time before I was a knitter but wanted to be one so badly. I have the whole series and use them all the time. Mittens. Hats. Gloves. Vests. Sweaters of all sorts. They are as valuable to me as anything ever written about knitting by Elizabeth Zimmermann. They put you in the drivers seat of your knitting and I like that.
There is something very cool about sitting down and putting it all together just the way you want. It is very empowering.
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