A Finn? I've never heard of these Finns, but now I'm certainly curious now, thanks to this quiz courtesy of the fine folks promoting Clara Parkes' The Knitter's Book of Wool. I'll be curious to see this book when it comes out, I had mixed feelings about The Knitter's Book of Yarn: the content was just fine, and certainly interesting, but the artistic decisions with regard to how the garments were photographed really irked me. I remember all of the models were dressed "catholic school girl" style and posed with desks and chairs out in fields. What? Can we please stop infantilizing adult women - especially in a book marketed towards an adult female audience? I returned it to the library and didn't look back. Here's hoping that the artistic director for TKBoW has a different vision.
So, these Finns, I'm intrigued. I recently finished the Kiri shawl that I've been working on for ages, and I haven't been able to lose myself in a new project yet. I'm half tempted to start working on Hannah Fettig's Featherweight Cardigan using the cones of Gems Pearl I picked up on clearance last spring. I'm intrigued by the idea of mindless stockinette, and an open gauge with a fine yarn. And, assuming I knit like the wind, this would be a perfect fall color:
Then again, I do have two sleeves done on my Ardent Cardi, and I hate to leave a project half finished.... I started on the back and a few fiddly errors slowed my progress. I may shift my attention to one of the fronts for some faster gratification and see if that ups my motivation on this one, I do love the idea of the finished sweater, especially in my oh-so-soft magenta tweed:
Whoops, there goes the timer and I have to go tend to some brownies! I'm temporarily absolved from having to choose a project for the time being! We'll see how the spirit moves me post-brownie!
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