It took me about… four months? Five months? But I finished my Marled Mania Sweater by Westknits back in January which was great because it was cold and this sweater is super warm and cozy!
I love the marling technique of holding two fingering weight yarns together. It’s super fun to blend yarns for an ombre or striped effect. For this project, most of the sweater was done holding a strand of wool with a strand of alpaca, so it’s really soft and cozy. Some sections had two strands of wool, but for the most part it was one of each. I believe there are 24 different yarns in there.
I don’t plan on knitting another of these as it was a huge project – both in size and time. But I am definitely going to utilize the new skills I learned making this for other projects. And it really opened my eyes to the versatility of Westknits projects – they may be unconventional in some respects, but they are a great learning tool! I cast on the Penguono recently and the construction is fascinating!
Anyway, more soon.