Autumnal Knitting [Northern Woods]

The days are slowly getting shorter and chillier over here, and although the sunny afternoons still feel a lot like summer, one can already detect the coming autumn in the smell of the crisp morning air. And as much as I will miss summer with its vibrant colours, warm temperatures and serene evenings, the knitter in me looks forward to the wintery season and its manifold fibre- and yarn-related possibilities. This little project got me in the right mood for the forthcoming dark and cosy november nights on my couch:

Pattern: Idlewood by Cecily Glowik MacDonald
Yarn: Jamieson’s Shetland Heather [colour: 1350 North Sea]
Needles: 6mm and 6.5mm
[More project details on Ravelry]

Apart from Idlewood simply being a gorgeously stylish design, I particularly enjoyed  knitting once again a project in a worsted weight yarn. My last finished projects were all made of fingering weight [perfect for summer knitting...], and as much as I love the delicate textures one can achieve on 3mm needles, I really enjoyed the very rewarding progress I made knitting mindless stockinette in the round on 6.5mm thick instruments.

Jamieson’s Shetland Heather is a particularly beautiful yarn – soft yet strong it combines all the qualities a good woolen yarn should have. And the colour! ‘North Sea’ is surely the most amazing blueish-grey shade known to mankind – look at how all those lovely grey, black and blue fibres mingle into one beautiful vibrant texture!

All in all, this project has to be considered as a complete success. Seriously, how can one resist a short-sleeved tunic and a large and snuggly cowl in one single piece? Even our very attentive little observers seemed to agree…