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This week, I discovered that Briggs & Little have published a pattern - a free pattern - that, if not identical, is darn close to the wonderful Olympic sweater seen at the 2010 Vancouver games. The sweater with the reindeer and maple leaves. Find it here.
B&L have knit it up in their roving which knits to 10 stitches over 4 inches. That is similar to what would be used to knit a Cowichan sweater. My preference would be a finer - perhaps worsted weight or even chunky weight yarn. Easily done by using the B&L charts and EZ methods.
It is too bad this wasn't available for the Olympics but I imagine there was copyright to be considered. Good to have it now, though.
Discovering something like this pattern just before a weekend means a knitter can spend a couple of days dreaming. Those pre-knitting dreaming days are one of the wonderful thing about being a knitter. Have a super weekend everyone.
3 comments:
Oh wonderful! Thanks for the link, it's a lovely pattern.
But after years of working with fine yarns, I don't know if I can stand working with such a heavy pattern.
I tried during the Olympics and it drove me nuts.
Hmmm...I'll have to think about making this one. I am, after all, Canadian at heart and have needed something to replace my long lost Maple Leafs shirt and worn-to-death ROM shirt.
Wonderful link! Thank you.
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