I thought I might have to give up knitting sweaters for the next year, but I recently found a pattern that would be very adjustable and forgiving to any changes in size or shape: Hannah Fettig's Effortless Cardigan (I'm afraid I couldn't find it off her Knitbot site and only on Ravelry, so the link will only work if you are a member of Ravelry). Cosmicpluto's Rayne Wrap Cardigan had also caught my eye, but in the former you can see that it's obviously a raglan that just continues on and with the latter, I'm not exactly sure (but here is PlumBlossom's project, who has posted a more illuminating picture in terms of sleeves). I'm afraid of having to pick up stitches and then doing short rows for set-in sleeves; I've done that before and the results weren't too pretty.
So then, a possibility of a sweater in the near future (and woe to those future socks that will have to wait even longer to be knit!) but what about the yarn? Do I want to go with a beautiful and vibrant Madelinetosh, as recommended by Fettig? Or Misti Alpaca's tactiley Tonos Worsted? Or, or, possibly better yet (if such a thing could be possible), Fleece Artist's Blue Faced Leicester? I love Fleece Artist yarns for the fiber, but I suspect their colorways are not that flattering for my skin tone. Nonetheless, this sweater pattern means possibility. To dream and guess and hope.
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