I first saw this pattern advertised in Katy's knitting magazine and immediately knew I had to make it. The yarn is Sidar Breeze from All About Yarn. The sweater is knit from the bottom up and begins with 300+ stitches. Casting on is not my favorite part of knitting. The pattern is fairly simple and straightforward; however, the front edges are finished with an I-Cord edging. The last three stitches in each row are combinations of slip, purl, and knit (easy, right?), but different for each wrong side/right side row, as well as beginning/ending row. So, four different combinations. The first time I started this project, I had about three inches done before I noticed that one of the edges had a mistake. I frogged the entire project and started over. The second time, I made significant progress and had finished the four repeats of decreases (each with seven rows in between) when I discovered that I had missed a decrease a number of rows back. I frogged back to where the decreases started. At least I didn't have to cast on all of those stitches again. So now I am paying careful attention to the edges, as well as the number of stitches between markers after each decrease row. Knit and learn, right?
As for the yarn, I'm a bit disappointed. I love the color and the texture (very soft), but there have been several knots in each skein of yarn. I kind of expect that from cheap yarn, but I've never thought of Sidar yarn as being cheap.
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