Having read that people loved sweaters made from two yarns I had never used, I took advantage of some sales and bought value packs of both. I’ll post details of each step of the process from swatching to the finished objects.

The two yarns in question are from Knit Picks: CotLin, a DK in cotton and linen, and Hawthorne, a fingering in superwash Highland wool and nylon.

This series of blog posts will be somewhat garrulous, as I’ll describe the steps I went through, transcribing and enlarging upon my own paper notes, which tend to be a bit, well, stream of consciousness. I don’t merely record what I actually did; I also record my thought processes as a way of reminding myself why I wound up doing what I did. When alternatives are in view, I don’t want to know only which one I picked, but why I picked it and not the others. In the future, then, should I face a similar situation, I might choose a different alternative.

I have enough of the two yarns to make four sweaters, two of each. I have definite ideas only for the first one, a short-sleeved raglan U-neck made from one set of the CotLin Special Reserve Reflections colorways. As for the rest of the yarn, we’ll have to wait and see!

CotLin Set 1

The colorways are Cirrus, Nimbus, Polar Blue, Stratus, Hydrangea, and Cumulus.

CotLin Set 2

The colorways are Crest, Tide, Wave, Stream, and Eclipse.