Ode to Soft Tweed

 It is not a secret that I love rustic, heathery, tweedy yarns. 

I was ever so happy, when DROPS came out with their Soft Tweed yarn. So much so, that, in time, I collected a boxful of it (most of them bought at their sales, but some did came full price). 

That is why it is a surprise, that it took me years to actually knit something from it. 

Interestingly enough, when the 228-17 pattern came out, I knew I wanted to knit it. I know, generally I am not prone to knit such simple stuff, its simplicity draw me. 

I also knew, that, though, back, when I had red hair, I would have killed for the rusty orange color, the original was knitted in, for my silver hair the dusty pink would be better. 

There is not much to be written about the pattern itself, as it is straighforward, just follow, how it is written.

Actually, I started knitting this last year, right after I finished the New Year's Good Luck sweater, but then spring and summer came, along with a lot of sewing, travelling, and I only took it up this year, yes, after finishing this year's New Years Good Luck sweater,

Though, you probably would not be surprised to know, that I added waist-shaping and longer ribbing to the cuffs.

You see, though I do have a thing against pockets on knitted stuff, I even knitted the pockets, according to the pattern. They do have a video tutorial, which helped me a great deal. (now, having worn the cardigan a couple of times, I am still not convinced about pockets and knitted sweaters).

But the yarn, the yarn! Oh, how much I love it! Unlike many tweed / tweedy yarns, it is SOFT. Like butter. It has delicate, soft bits of colors spun into it, its fiber content has alpaca, ool, viscose, what not to love? 

Unfortunately, this soft pink color is discontinued (among other, beautuful colors), which makes me bang my head into the doorframe, for not buying even more of those colors.

(It also dyes beautifully, but you will have to wait to see that)

Please, DROPS gives us more, more more of this yarn (especially more colors!)

(yes, we photographed this twice, with me wearing two different outfits. Both times were extremely cold though, and I still cannot decide which set is better, but I did not want to a) drag Norbert to do yet another photoshoot, b) wait even more to post this).

Photos: Norbert Varga @Bodeszphoto

I ordered the yarn from Nordfonal.