Knits for Rainy Weekends

Readers, in the last few years I have relocated from the UK back to my home country of Australia, and to a different part of Australia at that. Mostly, it is warm and humid here, with mild, wet winters which are occasionally cold (we had sleet  one weekend in the depths of winter last year).  Because cold weather is only occasional, the houses are not particularly well heated or insulated, and I have found I need warm sleepwear and warm sweaters for nights and weekends here.

To this end, I have started a relaxed weekend sweater collection, of which the One Night Coat is part:

I am wearing this today, over jeans and a long sleeved Breton tee shirt.

My latest FO in this collection is the Jo Sharp Women's Sweater, Version 2, from the Contemporary Knits book, and knitted in some Jo Sharp Rare Comfort Kid Mohair I'd had in stash for years:

It is more cropped than the original pattern, and has bracelet length sleeves, but works fine with jeans and a tee underneath.  I wore it that way yesterday, and it was super comfortable, breathable, and I got a compliment - always nice.

This collection is a great way to use up the stash - I'm planning to do something with some cream Aran tweed next....

The Purslane Beret, and Progress on the Women's Sweater

Dear readers, other pesky life things have been occupying me over recent weeks so I have not blogged much at all, but I have managed to squeeze a little knitting in.  This is the Purslane Beret, from the latest Knitscene (Fall, 2012):

It was a fun knit, and although I made tons of errors in it it blocked out well - almost too well as it ended up a bit of a tea cosy:

But once I reknitted the band in a smaller needle size, it fitted it's recipient well:

I have also continued with the Women's Sweater, made in the wonderful, beatiful rare comfort of Jo Sharp Mohair...

I've also cast on another sweater for the husband, but more about that some other time. 

Rare Comfort

The Women's Sweater, from Jo Sharp Contemporary Knitting, is cast on. The beautiful yarn and mindless knit and purl are both, indeed, a rare comfort.