The Portion of my Inheritance

Let me introduce you to an amazing designer,  Svetlana Volkova from Tweedysheep. You can find her at her Raverly store here.

Tweedysheep has become my favorite pattern store. Her patterns are unique, doable and most definitely beautiful.  You will be seeing more of her awesome patterns on here.

I will confess that this pattern intimidated me and it certainly took my full attention at times, but I was determined to knit it. I discovered that it was not as hard as it looked and actually came together nicely. The pattern instructions were very clear and I had no problems following them.

This sweater has a gorgeous lace pattern that flows from the neck line down the sleeves. The collar, cuffs and bottom hem are ribbed.

The lace pattern also runs up the entire back of the sweater.

Now, I would like to say that I am a yarn snob, and I really am one in my heart, but I have to be practical when knitting for my grandchildren. I can not afford to spend $20-$30 on just one skein of yarn, especially when most patterns take several skeins. I also want them to actually wear what I knit them and it’s a little scary to wear something that you know cost a ton to make, took a long time to make, and can only be washed by hand and laid out to dry. I want them to enjoy wearing what I knit them and not worry about getting it dirty or spilling something on it. So I once again used my go-to yarn, I Love This Yarn, purchased at Hobby Lobby at just $3.66 a skein. This sweater took less than 2 skeins.

I will be knitting a second sweater in this pattern, in a larger size. But for now I am working on another wonderful pattern from Tweedysheep, with yet another in the next in line pattern pile.