Perfect

I tried the red sweater on yesterday.   It is so good it is almost unbelievable.  

When I pulled it out this morning, I held it up and just looked at it for a while.  And appreciated it.  I love this sweater. I urge you to knit it because ... stripes.  Because ..easy colourwork.  Because of the sturdy woodsy look of the combination of yarn and construction.  Because it is a sweater of the ages.  It is not trendy.  It is a forever sweater.  

I made it to the ribbing of sleeve 1.  I swear, the stripes knit themselves.  

The sleeve rib will be as long as the hem ribbing or till the sleeve is a nice three quarter length.  

I have been trying to save the red yarn but I am no longer thinking that way at all.  I may be fickle but Third Coast is just that good.  I don't feel the need for a Bountiful Bohus if I have This sweater.  I still want to knit Ingrid or a sweater very much like it but I have other yarns that are just right for it.  Third Coast pushes all my feel good buttons.  It's a fun, fast knit in wonderful colours in a good simple wool.