(Well, I got too busy once I got to work and didn't get to update this immediately, and in the meantime, Wanda guessed correctly in the comments!)

After finishing Clementine and the SnB project, I decided I needed something new. (Yes, yes that Circle of Friends baby blanket needs finishing and the baby it is for is due any day now.) I realized that it had been a long, long time since I made a sweater. In fact, the last real sweater I completed was a year ago when I made Glimmer for my mom. There were three kinda sweaters since then, Glint, Ms Marigold, and Roundabout Leaf Tank. Before Glimmer, there was Top Secret, the failed attempt to knit a sweater for Kevin. Of those just mentioned, I only wear Glint, and even of my older sweaters, Klaralund and Mariah only make it into the rotation rarely (Klaralund's sleeves are way too long, if I were smart, I'd rip them out and shorten them. Mariah is nice, but the body is a bit boxy and I don't fully like what I did to the collar). The others like the Suss Zip Up and Kate are buried away. And Pseudo-Skully only comes out on the frigid snow shoveling days (that's what Lopi is good for!), of which we had none this winter.

Since finishing the Roundabout Tank, I've been afraid of knitting a sweater and thus stuck to hats, scarves, blankets, and socks. I've seen patterns that I like, but I'm recognizing that often I like the pattern because of how it is styled in the picture and not necessarily because the particular sweater would look good on me. I've been nervous about gauge and swatches and yarn substitutions, and so no sweaters.

I finally decided though that I want a Spring-type sweater. Something cottony that can be worn when a little chilly indoors, or when it warms up outside as a light jacket. In comes some Blue Sky Alpaca Cotton and out comes of the Knitting from the Top book, and a sweater is born. I made a mistake in my increases last night at knitting, so the sweater already has a "fragment of character" as Pam called my small flaws in Clementine, but I already love it. It is a cardigan, and I plan to knit on a buttonband and neckband. I'm thinking 3/4 length sleeves, but I'll base that on how much yarn I have left.

My intention is to make a sweater that I love and that I will want to wear constantly.