Pink and Snuggly!

Earlier this year, I finished my Keera pullover that I've shown here in progress.  I knit it in Blue Sky Fibers Extra in the Lei colorway.  This yarn is very similar to Berroco Ultra Alpaca (about half wool, half alpaca) and is just as fun knit with.  It has a bounce to it and it's just a very enjoyable yarn to knit.

This pattern was fun also!  It's worked top down and everything except the back is worked in stockinette.  The back stitch pattern isn't too complicated (I used stitch markers to separate the different sections), and I found it easy to knit while I was watching TV.  I did do the little pockets on the front, not that pockets in knits are super useful (they tend to stretch easily),  but I feel like the world needs more pockets anyway, so I will pretty much always add pockets to everything if given the opportunity!  I could line the pockets with a woven fabric to help them hold their shape if I wanted them to be more useful, but so far I haven't been bothered enough to do that.  (On the other hand, as I'm thinking this through as I write, I do have a scrap of a lovely pink floral paisley Liberty Tana Lawn that would be amazing for pocket linings in this sweater.  I'll have to think about that!)  At this point, the sweater won't be wearable until late October if I'm lucky, so I've got plenty of time to think about whether to line or not to line (the pockets, that is!)

Decisions, decisions...