It is so freaking hot out, but I am thinking yarn thoughts regardless. Because August happens this week. That time when back to school is nearing for kiddos. New seasons always makes me think of new clothes. And I am starting to get the urge to plan out my new knitting projects with dreams of a perfect must have sweater or two.

I have to admit, I do not get on Ravelry that much.

It certainly has been a while since I spend some serious time browsing patterns and ideas. I have been living in the design your own, incorporate intuitive knitting kind of bubble.

This article was going to be some of my favorite sweaters that I found that will be a joy to knit, look great with my entire wardrobe and work with my favorite handmade yarns in the stash. After surfing the latest 64 pages of patterns, I have to say there were not very many awesome sweaters that fit the bill. Don’t get me wrong, there were some great patterns, but many were just not a style I would wear or look good in the yarn I wanted to use. GRRRR…

I found myself back in my just design your own, intuitive knitting head space.

Rather than list the handful of patterns I did find, I am going to share with you my top 3 projects to fill out my sweater wardrobe, and my plans for how to execute them.

Here is what is in my queue:

Lacy Boho Underslip

So two weeks ago I wrote this article about Boho crochet patterns. I am obsessed with crocheting some cute layering pieces. Last summer, I found a cute little lace edge under shirt/tunic thing. It was layered with a tunic and so the lace edge was peeking out from underneath. Over jeans it looked awesome. And of course they did not have my size. I decided I could totally make that. I am determine to do it this fall. No pattern, just my favorite over the top crochet lace edging on the bottom of a sewn longish camisole top. I think it will look good in contrast to some big bulky sweaters as well.

Remake my very favorite linen tunic.

But using some hand painted sock yarn. it is an awesome layering piece. I am literally going to measure it against the sweater I know fits me, shaping it as I go.

Sheep to Sweater

Okay this is something I have been trying to do for the last few years, and by gosh I am scheduling time in my calendar to do it. I have been hoarding a beautiful tricolor fin fleece for this very project. Have made a series of sample yarns to see if I like the blending and hand. And rather than find a great cabled sweater pattern, I am going to use my favorite knitting book of all time, Knitting in the Old Way, and make it up as I go. Yep I am going to dive into some ancient history of how sweaters were made decades ago and use the same methods to create my own handspun cabled sweater. This is like a bucket list kind of a project and I am determined to check this off that list.

So there you have it. My not too loft to knit list. Stay tuned. Hopefully now that I written it on the internet, I will feel accountable to following up.

What are you planning to knit this season?

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