Guys, do you have any idea how long the Cobblestone Pullover has been on my to-do list? Here’s how long: since the time when Ravelry didn’t automatically store a copy of your pattern after you purchased it. Yes! That must be, like, way back in 2009, you’re thinking now. Exactly. So the only copy of the pattern I have is this tattered, crumpled, scribbled-on little print-out.
Well, emboldened by finishing my recent large return-to-knitting-with-a-bang project (more on that in a future post), I’m feeling in the mood for BIG stuff. Like sweaters. For adults. For male adults. (Surely that is the greatest undertaking of them all.) So here I go. The yarn is bought, the stitches cast on, and I’m plunging into this.
Wish me luck!
fridica 
enjoy the ride :) and fingers crossed
Wow, you’ve been in Ravelry for a while! Not having those old patterns stored in the library is a total bummer. Isn’t it possible to send a request to Ravelry to get them?
BTW, I’m hosting a give away. The prize is a pattern of your choice from Ravelry. You just have to leave a comment on my last post.
Hehe, just checked, Raveler since February 1, 2009 :)
Good luck! I’m knitting a male sweater too now, but it’s in thickier yarn than yours. Check gauge once in a while, because ssometimes, when you make BIG stuff, your tension can change.
Which one are you doing?
Sjón, 6mm needles and one sleeve finished in 2 days. :) It’s a traditional round yoke Icelandic sweater, so no seaming at all.
from no knit mojo to big time mojo.
it’s amazing how we can pick up and start knitting again and the stitches just flow off your fingers like you never stopped.
I know, right? :) It gives me this reassuring feeling of “aaaah, the knitterly magic hasn’t left me after all”… :)
I was suffering from a lack of knitting mojo as well, and then I cast on a sweater for my Dad. Maybe that is the secret cure for the knitting-blahs: a giant man sweater.
This one is also for my Dad :)
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i hope you’re not implying that i should make a copy and save (and file!) patterns I buy on Ravelry – because I assume that one of the advantages of e-shopping is that purchases are “e-stored”… !
very nice looking man’s pattern, i’ll be looking forward to your notes!
Haha, no I would never dream of implying that! But it used to be the case, back in the day…. Haha, I never thought I’d refer to 4 years ago as “back in the day”. It’s crazy how quickly this modern world of ours moves!