Finis-EPS-Homecoming Sweater

And even without buttons, I’m having a hard time taking it off, its so warm, soft, and comfy.

I think this cardigan is going to be worn mostly with the middle three buttons (wherever they are!) done up, because its just too warm to wear any other way.  The yarn is Custom Woolen Mills, Prairie Wool from Alberta.  I found it at The Knitting Room in Calgary.  If nothing else I can highly recommend the cream, as it is so soft, and believe it or not, does not itch my skin!  I have 2 skeins left over and plan on making some hats and mitts.  All together the sweater probably cost $60, and I have a lot extra.  Presenting the yoke:

The colours blend very harmoniously (in my humble opinion), but at the same time the patterns don’t really “pop” the way they would if I had used more contrasting yarn.  From the bottom we start with a maple leaf:

And on top of that we have “knitting water”, my personal favorite:

On top of that are some random motifs and some “flechettes”.  I don’t quite know why I’m calling them that, I just feel like it I guess.  I learned where the Percentage system does not apply to me.  I seem to have slightly wider shoulders than “normal”, of I just have a smaller chest than my shoulders, whichever.  So I must remember to make the arms wider, in order to add more to the shoulder circumference.  But that is why knitting is like life, sometimes you don’t really know these things until you try them.  And in life, sometimes you need to try a big adventure like moving to another country, because you aren’t going to know until you try.  And whether it works out or not, at least you tried.  And its good to come home. 

A huge shout out to Jeffrey Buttle, the super cute Men’s Figure Skating World Champion.  Any athlete that cries during the National Anthem is a favorite of mine.