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Cascade 220 Heather and The Cobblestone Pullover

June 8th, 2009

Cascade 220 Heather is one of our favorite yarns. So much so that we ordered 27 colors of the yarn recently and it arrived on Friday. We were so busy stacking the shelves with the yarn that we haven’t had the time to even tell you about it. The yarn is 100% pure wool, in a 4.5 stitches per inch gauge and perfect for the Cobblestone Pullover by Jared Flood.

The yarn originally specified by the designer has been discontinued and the most recommended yarn for the project is now Cascade 220 Heathers. We love the project and the yarn so much that we are planning to have a Knitalong for the project starting on Wednesday, June 24th during our regular Knit Nites. The KnitAlong starts at 6 pm and goes for as long as the Knit Nite. Looking forward to seeing a lot of people who would like to make this for the husbands, brothers, sons or difficult-knit-for men in their lives. After that, the Knitalong will be every alternate Wednesday until everyone who wants to do this project is done.

The pattern is online and will need to be downloaded directly from the Interweave website by clicking on this link. The pattern cost is $5.50 from the Interweave site. If you cannot download this yourself, we would be happy to help you at the store for a small additional fee for the printing of the pattern.

Depending on the size, the sweater requires between 6 and 9 skeins of Cascade 220 making it a very affordable project. Come join us – you’ll need company knitting those large expanses all by yourself!! And maybe you can even do it secretly without them realizing that you’re making this sweater for them at all.

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