It's getting close (about 1/2" to 1") away from the point where I put in the waste yarn to reserve the pocket openings.
The fall Cast On came while I was out of town. Someone on Knitter's Review was talking about how "drab" she thought the sweaters were in this issue (or some comment to that effect). I looked at it again last night and I realized - I kind of like several of the sweaters. The Mozart pullover, especially, and the two little knit-purl stitch pattern jackets (one was a Melissa Leapman design but I forget what they were named). I liked the patterns for a couple of reasons. First of all, they're things I would actually WEAR. I can totally see putting the cardigans on over a dress or skirt/blouse combo to teach in. And I can imagine wearing the Mozart pullover over slacks, either for teaching or for a cool Saturday out antiquing or shopping.
The other reason I like them is that they're made of plain, worsted-weight yarns. No fancy, can't-find-it-anywhere novelty yarn, no combination of fibers that's only produced by one company (and if you try to sub, you'll get something that's either unwearably heavy, or that will pill, or that won't have the right drape). The two cardigans, IIRC, were just a plain wool, and the Mozart pullover was a linen-wool blend (Which I suspect could also be replicated by a wool-synthetic blend; just anything a bit lighter weight than pure wool).
I think I'll make the box-stitch cardigan - the Melissa Leapman design - one of these days. I have a bunch of the Highland Wool in my stash in a nice green and I had no real project in mind for it. Or I might try the Mozart pullover out of it - I don't *think* it would be too heavy. (Although, then again, with all those cables, it might).
As much as I like Interweave, one of my gripes with them is that sometimes they have their patterns designed in some obscure yarn that I've never seen - and will never see, unless I go to one of the three online sellers in the world that offers it and buy a sample skein. And it's not always easy to imagine perfect substitutions when you're dealing with a yarn that's, say, 30% cotton, 50% lambswool, and 20% chin-hairs from the elusive no-see-um goat.
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It's a really pretty yarn in the vest. I can't wait to see how it turns out; it's sounding very nice.
I like your description of the Interweave yarns. It often does feel like that; I remember googling one yarn they were using and getting something like three hits, two of which were on the Interweave site where the yarns used in the magazine were listed. Still, I do like the picture of pieces of all of the yarns in the back; it helps in figuring out what the goat's chin hair is like.
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