About 7 years ago, I found Rogue.
I learned about it reading Helene's blog. (Helene writes excellent blog but my Norwegian isn't that great, so her photos and my guess work must suffice).
I had sworn about 15 years before never to knit a cable sweater again. One should never say never. I love this pattern, thank you, Jenna. I went to an upscale unnamed yarn store in an unnamed city and bought some yarn for it. They did not have enough, and promised to send the rest, stating that "dye lots didn't matter for this yarn." Like heck...don't ever believe that.
Finished Rogue in light green, with big streaks on the sleeves where the dyelots met. It fit poorly. The yarn met gauge but wasn't somehow chunky enough. I think I actually put it in the trash!! Maybe I gave it to my local charity place...
Anyway, I always vowed that I'd do another...after researching for a long time what yarn to use, I settled on Jamieson's Heather Aran from here. This time in a natural cream. I'm steaming along and loving how Jenna fit the shaping in to the cables. Brilliant! Ironically, when I did Rogue the first time, Jenna suggested using this yarn, which obviously as recounted above, I didn't. But it's a pleasure to knit this sweater again.
In my travels on the internet this week
Granted sells fabulous chunky handknits. Their prices might actually be fair for the handknitters. (People ask me a lot "how much to knit me a sweater?" I dunno, 1K sounds about right...given how precious my time is and how many hours it would take...). While the label "Cowichan" cannot be used, there is certainly a strong resemblance. My favorites at Granted are the wave and the mermaid.
The Red Cross sponsored the Production Corps during the First and Second World Wars, and copies of official knitting patterns from WWII are available here.
I love that Rogue pattern and I wish I was able to knit myself something like that. I am just not a sweater knitter but I do admire them alot!
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