Hey Everybody

Hello everyone! I am so excited about joining the Interweave blog. I have been working a ton on my project so that I would have something to show, but I keep hesitating to take the pictures because they aren't blocked yet and they are all rolled up on themselves so that will have to be the next post. However I figured I have to post at least once before I get to far. So here is a summary and picture of my project.

Bianca's Jacket
The pattern calls for Muench Sir Galli yarn and I decided to replace that for Plymouth Suri-Merino. The Suri-Merino is a 55% Suri Alpaca and 45% Merino wool blend and the yarn is a little furry but I did a gauge swatch and they seem to be about the same. So we'll just see if the difference in fiber will be a problem. So far it hasn't been.

The pattern calls for 7 balls of the Muench for the smallest size I got 10 of the Plymouth just to be safe. I just finished the first sleeve and started on the second and have only used 4 or 5 balls so I think that I am on the right track.

I think this is going to be a really interesting sweater because I haven't ever done a yoked sweater. I'm also not really sure what kind of buttons I should use. If anybody's got any suggestions i'd love to hear them. They look like small pearl sized buttons made of wood but I don't know.

Till next time everybody, and Happy Knitting in the meantime!