This year is the year of the sweater here at Tin Can Knits! In case you hadn’t heard, we are knitting 12 sweaters in 2015. The rules are loose (this is knitting after all, who needs rules?!), they can be big or little, you can finish sweaters you started years ago, and sleeve length is up to you!
There is a Ravelry group here and all the details of our KAL are spelled out here.
Are you ready for this: I have FINISHED 12 sweaters. *Alexa takes a bow and thanks you all for your applause*. It’s July. The only trouble is, a few of them are designs that I can’t show you…yet! Here are a few of the ones I can show you:
I know, I know, I’ve been a little obsessed with the Flax sweater. I have knit 5 already this year! It’s really just the most perfect baby present. Quick and simple but very effective. I’ve also finished one for me! It is blocking now so I will be doing some modelling in the near future. And in case you didn’t know, Flax is a free pattern!
I didn’t just start sweaters, and they aren’t all kiddie ones! I finished this Grace sweater, by Jane Richmond, in Sweet Fiber Sweet Merino Lite. I started this sweater with the intentions of finishing it for Knit City…2013! Well I finally put on the button band and the sleeves in time for Mothers Day this year.
Emily’s Sweaters
Emily has also been clicking her knitting needles to get to her sweater goal in 2015. She is in the same boat as I am, not being able to show you ALL the sweaters she’s knit so far, but here are a few highlights.
Even though I have achieved my sweater goal I’m not nearly done! I still have 3 sweaters for me on the needles (Prairie Fire, Windswept, and Antler), yarn wound up for September sweaters for the kids (more Flax, I can’t get enough!), I was thinking some Christmas sweaters (knitters have to think ahead) and more designs of course. What can I say, I’ve caught the sweater bug!
So how are your 12 sweaters in 2015 coming?
More sweaters from TCK
August 12, 2016 @ 10:50 pm
I was wondering about the panel adaptation pictured in this post. I love the lace panel, where can I find the chart?
Thanks so much,
Desirae
August 24, 2016 @ 9:54 am
Hi Desirae – we haven’t put the chart up yet, but we will soon!
July 13, 2015 @ 8:25 pm
I’ve finished 4 sweaters and I have 3 on the needles. Another 3 are in the planning stage I don’t think I’m going to meet the challenge, but it will be one of the most productive years I’ve ever had. Funny story, I cast on to I <3 Rainbows in the 6 mos size and had a gauge accident and ended up with a sweater that fits my 3 year old. It's ok, she loves rainbows and hearts and even helped me find the most perfect buttons in the yarn store. They look like raindrops. With baby/small child things I take the Elizabeth Zimmerman approach, "find an appropriately sized baby."
July 9, 2015 @ 7:53 pm
Love Love Love these cute sweaters on the cute babes!
July 9, 2015 @ 10:55 am
I’ve finished 8, and am steadily underway with numbers nine and ten. It’s surprising how many fingering weight sweaters I have in there, but since getting a Scribd subscription I’ve been knitting while reading books on my laptop in the evenings, which means any large swaths of stockinette are pretty easy to fly through.
July 9, 2015 @ 8:29 am
Love the sweaters! I just added Flax to my knitting queue. My boys will look so sweet in this sweater this fall.
July 9, 2015 @ 7:25 am
Impressive stats! It really is the year of the sweater.