Call me crazy, but I just started a sweater this past weekend. It’s been a long time since I picked up my needles and did some serious sweater knitting (I think the last time was Februrary??), and now that Orange is the New Black is back on Netflix, I need some knitting to do so I don’t feel so guilty sitting on my couch binging on episodes. Summer TV (aka watching my Netflix queue) is in full swing now.
I tend to knit more in the fall/wintertime than I do in the summer due to the fact that my hands get really sweaty when I work with yarn in the summer. Sure, I turn the AC on, but I still keep my apartment more on the warm side so I’m not paying a crazy high electric bill each month. Knitting with cotton is a little easier, but honestly, I’m not a big cotton fan – it stretches out, even sometimes when it’s blended with other fibers. I just don’t like how it feels. Meh. I’m a wool girl at heart.
Oh yes, this sweater I just started – it’s called Salted by Alica Plummer, a relatively new sweater pattern I stumbled across on Ravelry. This is the kind of sweater I can picture throwing on in the evening for a stroll along Ogunquit Beach or on an early fall day, and the relaxed fit is a new silhouette I discovered through the Wardrobe Architect that I like wearing now. I chose to make this out of Berocco Vintage, which is an acrylic/wool/nylon blend. I may be kicking myself that I’m knitting with a wool blend in the summer, but that’s for another post.
So – do you knit in the summer? What kind of yarn do you use?
I'm firmly in the no-summer-knitting club! Like you, my hands get majorly sweaty when I'm knitting in the heat, and with no central air, well, yuck! I'll wait til the fall! But I start finding reasons to hand stitch more stuff when I need an excuse to watch some trash TV!
I'm so lucky to have central air, for a long time I had a wall AC unit in my last two places. Sometimes I still need to point a fan at my hands, even with the AC going, to knit in the summertime!
I'm usually a cold-weather knitter too (even though it doesn't really get too hot for knitting during an Irish summer!) but this year I'm making an exception because I just finished my first Owls sweater and I can't wait to get stuck into a new knitting project! And knitting is definitely a great watching-hours-of-TV facilitator 🙂
Ohhhh I love Owls!! One of my favorite sweaters, can't wait to see yours when it's done.
I'm such a slow knitter that I have to knit during the summer, or I'd never get anything done! But I do tend to knit with cotton a lot, as I'm allergic to wool. So that helps.
Exactly – I'm a slow knitter too, I rarely finish a winter sweater in the wintertime when I start it in the wintertime.
Can I ask what cast on you used? It looks so perfect & neat & mine never do! Thanks.