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Marsha — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:25:13 +0000

@JD: No swatching at all? Really? Your knitting always turns out so nicely! You must be incredibly skilled or incredibly lucky…or both!
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@Knittymama: Yes, I think the Lopi is on the back burner until the autumn. I don’t mind knitting with wool during the summer, but that stuff is WARM!

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knittymama — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:09:52 +0000

I’m impressed you know where all your Denise parts are. My case has a few needles and no cables. And the locations? No clue.

No great pattern suggestion off the top of my head, just stay away from the Lopi this summer or you may die of heatstroke!

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JD — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:16:19 +0000

Hi! Sorry to be late to the party, but here’s what I’ve got on my list: http://berroco.com/exclusives/alpine/alpine.html. Maybe a bit longer, though. With bulky yarn. Or knit in a larger size with smaller yarn and needles. Because I don’t swatch.

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Marsha — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:57:59 +0000

@Imperatrix: What, you can’t read my mind? :) Okay, I’ve just edited the post to include needles sizes. The celtic icon sweater you suggested is beautiful, but I’m not really a fan of hoodies (yet for some reason, the Cardigan for Arwen fascinates me—go figure…).
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@Jen and Shannah: I did take a look at Ravelry but haven’t yet seen anything that really grabbed my attention in “yeah, I want to spend a lot of time working on this project” sort of way. I do keep checking back there, in case new stuff has been added, but I figured a little blog-based crowd-sourcing might yield some good suggestions, too.

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Shannah — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:21:31 +0000

I was going to suggest the pattern finder on ravelry, but I see Jen has done that.

I’m no good with sweater help, myself, but I have been studying that sunrise circle jacket for quite a while. I do like the others that I’ve seen made. Sorry I can’t make a gauge suggestion.

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Jen Anderson — Sun, 31 May 2009 16:55:41 +0000

You can try it with the homespun, but the resulting fabric might be too loose and wouldn’t hold up to the patterns.

Have you tried an advanced pattern search on ravelry? You can find sweaters that have been made with yarn in your stash. Or you can go to the yarn page, click on Projects and see what other people have made with it (Just make sure they were happy with the yarn choice).

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Imperatrix — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:17:20 +0000

Wait a minute — those swatches don’t help much if we don’t know the needle size, right?

If I were up to making a sweater for myself, I would make the celtic icon sweater:

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/celtic-icon