I've said before that I don't knit sweaters, but I suppose that rules are made to be broken. I mean, I *have* knit sweaters before, so I guess I'm capable of doing it. At any rate, I recently added the SOAR blog to my Bloglines (as I'm obsessed with the idea of actually attending SOAR one of these years) and they recently had an interesting post about the current afghans for Afghans project. They are trying to get 900 sweaters or vests by the beginning of October, so that they have one for every student at the Afghans 4 Tomorrow schools. Well, I looked through the patterns on their website and I saw the In-VEST for Peace which requires scraps of 100% worsted wool. Now when you design felted bags for a living, one thing you have a lot of is scraps of 100% worsted wool! And I've never knit a garment from side to side, so I figured I'd give it a try. In one night I finished the entire left front!
So, I'm attempting to break my own rule and knit this sweater (vest) and maybe it will keep a kid a little warmer this winter too. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can. . . .
Sounds like a great reason to "break" your rule.
Posted by: Mama Urchin | Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at 01:00 PM
It was probably more of a guideline, anyway. What a wonderful vest of many colors for some child.
Posted by: lorinda | Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at 01:56 PM
good for you!!! :-)
Posted by: Melanie | Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at 08:14 PM
Congratulations--because sweaters are FUN!
Posted by: --Deb | Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at 09:32 PM
Good for you!! now will it be a felted vest? ;o)
Posted by: michellelmf | Thursday, September 14, 2006 at 08:05 AM
Bravo! You definitely definitely definitely can!!!! Power to ya!
Posted by: Rain | Friday, September 15, 2006 at 01:26 PM
Wow! That's so awesome that you found a pattern to use your 'ends' for a good cause. I'm sure the child that gets the vest will be the envy of the school!
Posted by: Lynn | Sunday, September 17, 2006 at 07:41 PM