This Lady Is Warmer

Once again, I complete a cold-weather knit on the eve of the summer.

Pattern: Lady Warmer
^{Construction details follow}
Yarn: Berroco Ultra Alpaca; four different colours, one hank each

Inspired by this lovely colour combination, I ventured forth to my LYS and indulged in a round of "replicate that sweater".

Failing to locate the very pretty hank of Noro that ssailorss used in her knit, I had to settle for an FO lacking in that goldeny sparkle which hers so wonderfully exhibits.

I feel less goldeny goodness that I had originally envisioned, and significantly more tiger-y tinged in the colours I ultimately chose. Believe it or not, that obvious creature-to-colour combination didn't occur to me until I began knitting up the top.

I knew I wanted something with a wide neck - truly, I was thinking un petit peu wider than I achieved here (that, my friends, is for another knit).


And I knew I couldn't stand for long sleeves (but when I can I ever?!)
And I knew I wanted a palette-cleansing, stress-free knit (remember from this post?)
So, there was knit this end-of-winter alpaca/wool sweater which has been worn once and will most likely be Evening-Garden Soaked, then tucked away in the winter-clothes storage for months to come.

Construction details for the interested knitter:
Knit in my most favouritest sweater design as of late, the Lady Warmer is a bottom-up in-the-round knit, consisting of several inches of 1x1 ribbing along the bottom, body-hugging shaping, and alternating four different colours (black, chocolate brown, orange, white) in about 1" sections.
Body knit in purl stitch.
Neckline cast-off knitwise.