This is the Rockland crewneck, and I loved knitting it. It was soothing, and came out with me to lots of places (like camping and running). The yarn was absolutely wonderful. I love the way it looks, on my spunky husband and I love the way it feels.
There were some oddities in the pattern, which I have gone into in my Ravelry post, and won't repeat here. One thing I'm really starting to notice is fonts and font colour. The colour on this pattern is a dark grey, which I couldn't read in bad light - and I knit at not one, but two pubs with insufficient lighting.
Anyway, the results are great. I used Drover and Classer yarn, who dyes on Bellevue Park merino. You might remember I made a dress with that yarn last year, and it is so soft, the stitches melt into each other. As I got near the collar, I started to worry that I was going to run out of yarn. I should have had plenty, but my last ball was getting thin. I looked on Ravelry and no-one had any in stash. I looked for the dyerm, and couldn't find any information about her anywhere. Luckily, I finished with just enough yarn. 4 grams left. Frightening.
I did alternating cable cast on on all the cast ons. It's such a lovely finish and so easy to work,and an Italian bin-off on the neck cast off. I think it gives a really nice, professional looking finish to a lovely jumper.
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