Hello! Here is another sweater using my newest obsession, the Basic Pullover pattern from Cleome Smith. Now when I look at my sweater quantity stash I see future basic sweaters, because as much as I love to knit the fun and fancy stuff, this is what I pull on everyday. It's funny that I used to think knitting a plain crew or V neck was just silly as the style is so easy to purchase ready made, but now I am in the exact opposite camp! Petiteknit and other modern designers have made this minimalist look popular for knitters, but I especially love this particular pattern by Cleome Smith because you can use fingering, dk, worsted or bulky weight yarns--4 patterns in one. I am definitely not done making this basic.

I used Shibui Haven again, this time in Bone. The neutral color is so lovely and has a slight blush of nude to it. The yarn is super soft Merino and because of that it is pilly, but will depill very easily with my trusty Gleener, I even travel with it, but Haven's pilling will slow down after a few wearings and depillings. The yarn is actually discontinued because Shibui has shifted their business profile and will not longer be manufacturing yarn, but it can still be found online.  It's worth a search if you don't mind the occasional depilling.

I've got another one started for summer in almost the same color! As soon as I saw that Rowan had re-released their All Season's Cotton under a new name, Four Season's Cotton, but still exactly the same, I promptly bought a sweaters worth in a pale blush called Blossom. For some reason I'm loving this color right now. This will be for summer and will be like a sweatshirt for me. The yarn wears like iron and goes in and out of the dryer and I'm so glad they were able to bring it back. The new colors are gorgeous and I had a hard time choosing. It's also very well priced at $6.85 per skein. You can see all the colors here.

As much as I love to knit and wear simple, I'm not entirely done knitting fun little patterns into my sweaters. Below is the beginning of that fabulous Paul Klee Sweater by Midori Hirose. When I first saw it I knew immediately I would have to make it. The pattern comes in sizes children up to adult  6XL so it's very versatile. Since this picture was taken I have finished one sleeve and am on the body ribbing, so almost done! The yoke is stranded knitting which I hardly ever do but you only work with two colors per row so it is definitely not a difficult pattern.  I hope to finish it this week and have pictures and complete details soon, as I have some tips to share about making this.

I have a few more sweaters to share and would really like to get my act together and prepare a works-in-progress post because I have some lovely things on my knitting horizon and I can't wait to get to them. Until then, have a good week! Kristen

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