fishie’s aquarium

It is now April. Three full months have passed so far this year. Last night, I finished weaving in the ends of Sweater #6 for 2009.

This is Road to Golden from the Fall 2007 Knitscene, knit with Manos Cotton Stria. It’s great yarn: soft, lofty, and warm. Unfortunately, it’s also a little nubbly and wasn’t the best choice for a fair isle sweater, but I am content with the results and have more than 8 balls of it left (I bought 16, guess I didn’t need quite that many!). I knit the pattern exactly as directed until the neckline, where I did more rounds and more decreases than stated, and then did 4 short rows around the neck to drop the opening in the front and give me a nice crew-neck.

Why have I knit six sweaters in three months? Besides having way too much free time, I joined NaKniSweMoDo. It’s like NaKniSweMo–National Knit a Sweater in a Month–except it’s a dodecathon. Knit a sweater a month for a year. Unlike most of the others in the knit-along, I’m seeing it as a competition. Who can knit all 12 sweaters the fastest? Me, of course. Bwahaha.

I do feel like I’m cheating, because I counted the corn shrug I posted about earlier, as well as my second ribbed shrug from Fitted Knits.

However, I also feel a little like I’m not cheating, because that fair isle sweater up there was a week’s worth of knitting. My second sweater for the knit-along was the Owl Sweater, which calls for bulky yarn, but I used worsted yarn and knit the second-to-largest size to fit my measurements with the smaller gauge. The owl sweater was completed in 5 days:

The two shrugs still make me feel a little dirty, and as a result I’ll probably not consider my participation in the dodecathon complete until I’ve done 14 total. I’ll consider that my handicap.