Originally uploaded by elyoung2007
I haven’t made any progress on this at all. It just sits there, forlornly, while I’m tempted by newer, sexier knitting projects. My inspiration came from a  friend who asked for my opinion on partially lining a jacket she just finished knitting. Her project was the ‘Garter Stitch Jacket’ from the ‘Norsk Strikkedesign’ and the colors she chose were completely different than the ones in the photograph. I didn’t care for the colors the jacket was knit in for the book, but when I saw her color selection I was off and running making my own selection of colors. I spent a small fortune for all the different yarns to swatch for my palette. My philosophy has always been to throw more color at a project.

Pattern: “Norsk Strikkedesign’ by Solveig Hisdal. This is the Garter Stitch Jacket.

Yarn: combination of Elsebeth Lavold’s ‘Silky Wool’ (192 yds/ 176 m) and Jamieson’s Double Knitting (170 yds/ 155 m).

Needles: US 5/ 3.75 mm