I finished it awhile ago, but here for your viewing enjoyment is my Sirdar Summer Stripes dk sweater!
My sister and I have a saying. Well actually we have many, but here's one that I want to share. You know that certain item of clothing that you always turn to lately? You just got some adorable new jeans, and even though you wore them to last night's barbecue over at Suzie's, tonight you're going out to dinner with Jane and she wasn't at Suzie's, so you go ahead and wear the same jeans. These are what we'd call your 5 out of 7 day jeans. Well this is now my 5 out of 7 day sweater.
As I've mentioned, I am a big fan of the UK fiber and design company Sirdar. For the past few months I've had my eye on their new cotton/acrylic blend Summer Stripes Dk and the Summer Safari design book they have released with it. There are so many beautiful, modern designs that I knew I could learn from, so on my recent visit to Scottsdale's Knit Happens I decided that purchasing this book was a worthwhile investment to put on my credit card write off as a business expense!
It was a tough choice whether I would start with the Boat-Neck Top with Turnback Cuffs or the V Neck Tank...and the color choice was even more difficult. Ultimately I went with the Boat-Neck in their color choice, Oasis (312).
I finished the first half within about five days, meticulously choosing which skein to join based on keeping perfectly ordered stripes. Now on my second half (pictured below), I decided to mix it up a bit, and you can see there is a little "reflection" in the middle where I changed yarns and started backwards with the new skein. I can say for sure now I think it's more interesting to mix it up when using a self-changing yarn like this than to try and keep perfect order.
