Un de ces jours

I saw this sweater quite awhile ago on the Phildar site and thought it was interesting but figured that I'd never really order the pattern book.  Then recently, I was browsing through the 2005 Knitalongs site and found out there are not one, but two knitalongs, one in English and one in French (great finished pictures here) AND that the pattern is now posted free online.   This isn't a sweater I'd probably ever pick up off the rack to buy but it looks like an interesting pattern to knit up.   

I'll have to think about this one and would probably never get to it until after the knitalong is done.  I'm not sure if I'd do the thumb holes in the sleeves or not, and I'd probably use some sort of heathered grey yarn, preferably nice and soft. Extra bonus: it would be a chance to finally use at least one of my degrees, a B.A. in French, the other one being a B.B.A. in Business Administration.  Can't say that I've used either one for anything very useful, and I haven't even been to France because I was too busy trying to get two degrees in four years to actually go to school there.  Un de ces jours...

By the way, the person that started the French knitalong named this sweater Colchique after the fall-blooming Colchicum flower like the ones that were recently gifted to me.

Comments

[laurie]

wow, what a beautiful pattern. i agree it is something that i would put on my to do list also. maybe we could do a KAL v2.0 at some time. thanks for passing that along. i've printed it out for my files. p.s. don't read a word of french!!

[Chelee]

No way! I'm getting my BA in French right now. LOL

[brandie]

what a great looking sweater! would love to try the pattern...alas, don't read a word of french :(

[laura]

I am making this sweater in Cascade 220, color 4011 which is a heathered grey/green, but predominantly grey. It seems to be the perfect yarn for this pattern as it is the right weight, has good stitch definition and it is still very soft.
The english knitalong has a translation of the pattern too.