10 sweaters to knit.

...Carole's prompt for this week - "10 things you want to knit this fall/winter" arrived (promptly!) in my inbox at 11:00 am yesterday. and I'm posting this at nearly 9:00 pm today because it's taken me 36 hours to narrow down the list! This morning I decided to include only sweaters. and then I spent the rest of the time deciding which ones would make the cut.

yep, only two sweaters in my ravelry queue today!

Ravelry has a terrific queue function, but I've found that using it for long-term planning (wow, I'm not sure that January - five months from now! - should be long-term planning...but for my knitting, it is!) is useless. Because there are so many patterns coming out so fast...and I really want to stay abreast of my seamless sweater students.... long-term planning leads to hibernating projects.

So, deciding which ten sweaters I'd knit next was a challenge. The first two are started so they're a done deal. and #4 is a promised gift (#6 in my queue above), so it stays...and I have to say, I'd fight hard to keep all of them on the list. We'll see*!

1. grey goose - started last week; separated for the sleeves today and I'm cautiously optimistic I'll have this one finished before autumn officially begins, but I won't wear it til the temperatures dip below 60 degrees...hence...autumn!
2. autumn breeze - started last week and separated for the sleeves yesterday...but even cautious optimism says this won't be done before october.
3. creature comforts - I've loved the back of this one since it was released, but the pattern photos weren't that flattering; now there are some lovely FO's, along with some very helpful tips and we have some great worsted weight yarns in the shop. this will be the next sweater I cast on!
4. cardiff coat - a birthday gift for Katie (this will be the first sweater I've knit for her and since she lives in LA, might be just the push I need to purchase a dressmakers model!)
5. something from rosy days - I purchased the ebook of patterns. I love her designs. I want to knit one.
6. something from little red in the city - ditto (except I have the actual book too).
7. irish coffee - I queued this one last year and removed it to make room for all the other sweaters I could knit and wear right away. and then a whole bunch of other things came in the way. but I still want to knit this!
8. contented cardi - a recent love. hannah's patterns fit and they're fun to make. and the suggested worsted weight alpaca provides plenty of yarn options.
9. bryn mawr skirt - yeah, a skirt - sort of like a sweater for my bottom half?! I have debbie bliss chunky tweed in a gorgeous brown. skirt from stash. must knit!
10. one more sweater from stash - I have sweater quantities of sheep shop 3, malabrigo chunky, cocoon and malabrigo worsted. right now, I'm thinking the diamond lace pullover, but welcome suggestions!

*Of course, even as I type this post, I'm imagining all the tempting patterns I haven't yet seen...and wondering which one of them will sidetrack this list. and saying now that I hope I have the willpower to stick it out...

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