This is a work at your own pace Knit Along. There is no fee to participate in the KAL's. Only requirement is the purchase of the yarn at Yellow Dog.

 Find all the details here.


KAL will begin in September
Tuesday 1-3 KAL will begin Sept 20th
Thursday 6-8 KAL will begin Sept 22nd

Deadline to order yarn to get your color choices will be August 31st. That will give you some time to think about which one you want to choose - or do both!

I looked at the calendar and realized we will be wearing sweaters in three months. What? Yep, sweater weather is only three months away and could actually come sooner, this is Wisconsin ya know. That means it's time to think about our Knit Alongs (KAL for short). I thought I had my mind made up last spring but you know us knitters, we can't help but keep looking at new patterns. The goods news for you, because I can't make up my mind; you will have two choices.

Choice #1
 Drops Desgin 112-8 or 112-9 in Adult or Child size
- click picture to print pattern

  

This, at first looked like a more let's say time comsuming project. Upon further reviewing the pattern it's so easy. It's seamless construction, the majority of knitting is on a size 10 needle, the most unique feature is that the shaping is accomplished by changing needle sizie and not by decreases or increases.

This is the KAL model that I decided to knit first, I started it last night and I am already 5" up the body and only have 5" more to go until I can change needle size and see the shaping happen.  The yarn used is Drops Alpaca held withDrops Kid-Silk. You could subsititue a single strand of Drops Alaska or Drops Nepal. I really like the light weight feel of the Alpaca combined with the Kid-Silk. Using the Alaska or Nepal will work but it will give a heavier denser fabric.

Here are some of my favorite versions from ravelry.com

Yarn Requirements
Adult:
Finished bust measurement 
35.5"     5 skeins Alpaca & 5 skeins Kid-Silk    915 yds if using alternative
38.5"     5 skeins Alpaca & 5 skeins Kid-Silk    915 yds if using alternative 
41.75"   6 skeins Alpaca & 5 skeins Kid-Silk   1098 yds if using alternative
45.75"   7 skeins Alpaca & 6 skeins Kid-Silk   1281 yds if using alternative
50.5"     7 skeins Alpaca & 6 skeins Kid-Silk    1281 yds if using alternative
55"        8 skeins Alpaca & 7 skeins Kid-Silk    1464 yds if using alternative
Child Size:
Finished bust measurement
29"         4 skeins Alpaca & 4 skeins Kid-Silk   732 yds if using alternative
30.75"   4 skeins Alpaca & 4 skeins Kid-Silk   732 yds if using alternative
32.25"   5 skeins Alpaca & 4 skeins Kid-Silk   915 yds if using alternative
34"         5 skeins Alpaca & 5 skeins Kid-Silk   915 yds if using alternative

Choice #2
Drops Desgin 109-1
While I was looking at all the great version of the other sweater I came acrosse many nice pictures of this sweater. - click on picture to print pattern.
This is a fast project, big yarn on big needles. You can use Drops Eskimo orDrops Andes. I'm going to start this model next and I bet I can finish it in a long weekend. 

There are 226 projects on Ravelry for this sweater.
I really liked the sleeveless versions on Ravelry. Some knitters also switched to a collar instead of a hood.



Yarn Requirement:
Finished bust measurement:
34.5"    16 skeins Eskimo,
               8 skeins Andes
37"      17 skeins Eskimo
              9 skeins Andes
41.75"  19 skeins Eskimo
               10 skeins Andes
45.75"   20 skeins Eskimo
               10 skeins Andes
50.5"    22 skeins Eskimo
             11 skeins Andes
54.25"  24 skeins Eskimo
             12 skeins Andes


There is no fee to participate in the KAL's. Only requirement is the purchase of the yarn at Yellow Dog.

KAL will begin in September
Tuesday 1-3 KAL will begin Sept 20th
Thursday 6-8 KAL will begin Sept 22nd

Deadline to order yarn to get your color choices will be August 31st. That will give you some time to think about which one you want to choose - or do both!

I will post progress on the blog as I continue to knit on the models