Country Plaid Shirt

For the past couple of days I've been basking in the satisfaction of my accomplishment, but now it's time to move on.

My next project is going to be the Country Plaid Shirt (henceforth, CPS) from Jo Sharp's Knitted Sweater Style: Inspirations in Color. This is the sweater that appears on the front cover of the book; however, I'll be doing it in the alternate colorway. Here's what I hope it resembles when I'm done. [Yes, I'm back to intarsia].

This colorway isn't in the book, but is on a separate leaflet and on Jo Sharp's website. I've wanted to make this sweater for a long time although I can't exactly tell you why. Maybe I think that if I make it and wear it I'll be as cute as the girl in the picture and as happy as I imagine her to be. Nah, I think it's just because I like quadrilaterals.

I'll be using Jo Sharp yarn I ordered from Mansfield Craft Den in Australia. I would label my one transaction with them a success: they were very pleasant and easy to deal with and the yarn arrived fairly quickly, even coming all the way from Australia.

I'm not sure if you can tell, but the picture of the sweater doesn't accurately represent all the colors. The color that appears bright blue in the sweater is actually quite purple.

It's going to be hard for CPS to measure up to Kilim. Kilim was so engaging for me on many different levels. I've had this yarn for several months now though, and I've been very strict about not letting myself touch it until Kilim was finished so I'm starting out with enthusiasm. I think I will grow to appreciate this project more as I get used to it. Let's see if the reality of this sweater can match up to my conception of it.