Stranded

 

The ESK Fourth Quarter KAL - Charted Waters (make something charted) began October 1.  I just cast on this past weekend.  I'm making Sipila in Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in Flycatcher Blue and Natural.  I'm into the stranded portion of the yoke now, but I haven't gotten very far.  It kind of reminds me of Charlie Brown's shirt at this point - in completely the wrong colors. 

I've been wanting to make a colorwork yoke pullover for a while now, so when I realized this pattern would also work for the KAL, I decided to go ahead and do it.  This has an oversized shape which looks cute with skinny jeans and is comfortable to wear.  There are some projects on Ravelry that were knit to be more fitted, but I'll be making mine oversized as the pattern is written.  I'm doing the long sleeved version.

Also, can I just say that I absolutely adore the polka dots on the sleeves!  The yoke pattern is pretty and I like it too, but the polka dotted sleeves are what really reeled me in with this pattern!