This week the emphasis is on:

The Bear Pattern (ARGH!)
Ellie’s Cardigan (More on that.)
Washing Clothes as the Sun Shines (No point to a clothesline otherwise.)

She picked pink for her cardigan. Wait until you see the button.

The cardigan will be Head of the Class from Timeless Knits for Kids. I bought the book sight unseen thinking that if I liked this one so much, there MUST be a few more I’d want to make.

Nope.

If anyone wants Timeless Knits for Kids, I’d love to share. I’ve got both sleeves finished and I am at the armholes on the sweater, so you won’t have to wait for it too long. It’s one of those sweaters worked all in one piece up to the arms and then divided around the armholes. I really hate working that way* – even if it doesn’t actually take any longer than knitting a thing all in pieces it FEELS like it does. Not to mention the WEIGHT. But I bought the book so I am committed.

The yarn is one of my new favorites, O-Wool Balance (50% organic wool, 50% organic cotton) in Rose Quartz , from one of my favorite shops, Green Sheep Shop where O-Wool is the Yarn of the Month for November (20% off). Happy coincidence or shameless attempt to get me to spend more money on yarn? It’s so hard to tell.

*I very much want to make Jared Flood’s Brownstone (in O-Wool Balance, of course) for Michael but the thing is knit ALL IN ONE PIECE. A man’s sweater in the round will take ALL ETERNITY and break my wrists long before I get to the collar.