Another Pink Sweater

 

About a week and a half ago I started another sweater, and this one is pink too.  Also, it's knit in pieces (and then sewn together).  I can't remember the last time I knit a sweater in pieces, but I think this is the best choice for the yarn.

The sweater pattern is Sunday Morning, from Sunday Knits and calls for her sport weight yarn.  I've knit with her yarn before, and while it's lovely, I feel like her sport weight is very close to fingering weight, so I didn't hesitate to choose some Madelinetosh Eyre Light in Coquette Deux to knit this design.  The Eyre Light base (which I believe is discontinued, but who knows, Madelinetosh is in a bit of a transition phase right now) is mostly Merino, but has a decent amount of Alpaca and Silk in it too.  Both Alpaca and Silk are super drapy fibers, but neither has any recovery, so the seams in this sweater will help add structure to the sweater so it doesn't just stretch down to my knees the first time I put it on.

So what you're seeing in the photo above is the back of the sweater.  I've started knitting the front, but at this point I'm still in the lower ribbing section.  The back neck stitches are on a holder to be used for the neckband after I've seamed the front and back together with the sleeves, oh, and it's got raglan shaping, so everything will end in a point kind of shape.

If none of this makes sense, don't worry, just stick around and you can see the other pieces and the seaming.  Eventually, it will look like a sweater!