I made this sweater while I was in high school. I think that I was 15. It was the variegated color that I loved. I remember that the yarn came in several different colors. This one was 'mountain' something. I loved it. I ran out of yarn ( and so did the store) as I was seaming the last raglan so finished it up with a navy. I won't show it. Today, I'd have ripped out a cuff and grabbed just enough yarn, but then… guess not. I'm still wearing it. I pulled it out of the chest today to go for a walk. The sweater still fits great, hasn't pilled and I still love the color. It has me thinking. The past few years, I've knit a ton of shawls.. love them and wear them if they weren't for display. And, I've knit some sweaters. Mostly cardigans. None will stand the test of time that this one and its sisters have. Basics. I made quite a few sweaters from the same pattern leaflet, changing the stitch or the neckline. I think I'll make another soon.
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5 responses to “throw back Thursday…”
Basics. Maybe that’s what we go for as we become. I wear my shawls and I love to knit cables and fair isle, but the sweaters I pull out are the stockinette stitch or the simpler ones. I wear them over and over. Thank goodness for beautiful yarns, makes the knitting and wearing mor interesting.
The sweater I wear the most (and that I’m actually wearing right now) is Bonne Marie’s Ribby Cardi. Very basic too.
Bartlett? or Christopher? I have many good wool sweaters I am still wearing years and years later.
I think it’s fantastic that a sweater you knit when you were 15 still fits you. Not many women can say that.
Beautiful! I second Carole’s comment.