A couple of weeks ago I started spinning the yarn for my first “real” project. Yes, I did some handspun that is still sitting in my chest waiting to be made into a felted roving ball holder, and I spun the yarn for Seva’s Lace Shawl… but those were simple. There was no particular guage to maintain, in fact the lumpier it was, the better.
I chose the pattern from the Fall Knitty 2008 - Retrofit by Jesse Loesberg. I like it more than his other pattern (Avast) and the Hero Pullover, both of which I was considering until I noticed some things. Avast has cables. Justin notified me that cables are bad for men. (too bad… I love knitting cables) And the Hero Pullover, well… it has DROP SHOULDERS. I don’t know about you, but I think that drop shoulders make men look slumpy. Unless they are standing like the guy in the picture in the magazine all the time, drop shoulders drop. Further more, men rarely stand like the guy in the picture.
Back to spinning. I began slowly, drafting fiber… Read the complete Post.