Påskeferie!

We're on easter break now, and although the sun is shining like crazy the wind has picked up and it's quite cold outside. So, as a consequence we're trying to come up with fun indoor activities.

I finally unravelled most of the charcoal gray Garnstudio Drops Alpaca yarn that I've tried knitting up no fewer than three times now. I decided that the perfect project for it (really! I'm serious this time!) has just to be Hannah Fettig's Lightweight Pullover, so I bought (!) the pattern and have started in on it. I'm a ways into the raglan increases now, and it seems to be going fine. I had to go down to a size 3mm needle (the pattern calls for 4mm) to get gauge, but other than that I'm following the (very easy) pattern slavishly.

In other knitting news, Webs (www.yarn.com) is having its annual sale starting today. I had heard that the coveted Louet Euroflax linen yarn was going to be on sale, so I haunted the website until the sale prices were posted, and put in an order. I ordered five skeins of the fantastic Pewter color. The regular Webs price is $23.95 and it's now marked down to $16.79, which is a solid 30% discount if my math is right. I've been wanting to buy enough of this to knit a sweater for years but could never find that color on sale, so I'm thrilled! I'm thinking of doing a longish version of the Amiga cardigan from the Knitty website. I've seen a couple of linen ones on Ravelry that are much longer than the pattern calls for, and they look great.

I also really want to knit KE a sweater. He's been wearing the same three sweaters to work all year, and really needs something A) lighter weight and B) different. I forced him to scroll through a Ravelry search of mens' sweaters in appropriate yarn weights, and he almost immediately picked out a really handsome design. It turns out it's designed by Norwegian blogger Tora Frøseth, and I think the sweater is going to be perfect for KE. The pattern calls for the Norwegian yarn, Ask Hifa 2 ullgarn, and KE zeroed in on a really cool color from their website almost immediately. He wants the color "Gulbrun" (6093, a kind of mustardy brown). Personally, I think it's going to be gorgeous. It's always a huge project to knit something for him because the arms and body are so long, but on the positive side, as a tall, trim guy he always looks great in the end result.

So, needless to say, I'm whipping myself up into a regular knitting frenzy right now. I wonder if it's seasonal?