The Cloud won me over
I went ahead and ordered more Shine in the Cloud colorway for the cardi. I’d originally imagined the sweater in gray, but then when I had enough Cream on hand already, well… But the thought of red hair + gray sweater pleases me a great deal, and so there you have it. The sweater shall be gray.
The Cream swatch, done on US#4’s, was a little too floppsie for my taste. I couldn’t find my #3’s (I SWEAR I just saw them the other day, but couldn’t find them anywhere today) so I added a pair to the KnitPicks cart along with the yarn. I’ve been meaning to try out their needles, anyway.
So with no #3 needle around for cardi swatching, I had no choice whatsoever but to pick up my Trekking sock-in-progress during Thumper’s nap today.
Behold, a bad photo of very good yarn: orange Trekking (with some brown Trekking thrown in just because.) 
I’m going to make a pair of brown with orange heel/toe as well, so I can mix and match them.
Getting back to the swatch being too loose…it reminded me of something I wanted to mention. I’ve come across a few instances online of people knitting the baby yoda sweater and saying that the needle size/yarn combo resulted in a dense fabric and hurt to knit. Well…if you’re getting gauge on that sweater, you aren’t getting a dense fabric and the yarn should be quite nice to work with. The needle size in the pattern is what I used to get gauge. I’m a rather loose knitter. So please, don’t let the yoda hurt your hands. Check your gauge. I don’t want to be responsible for any knitting-related injuries among tighter knitters, you know?
Yum, I love that orange Trekking!
Posted by: Peeve
I’m so glad you are going with the gray. I can’t wait to see what it looks like when you are knitting it up!!!
Ahh…yummy trekking yarn. Looks good! I love the orange/brown combo.
Posted by: Stephanie
Sounds good to me. I LOVE a plain pale gray and always gravitate toward it when planning knitting for myself. Alas, I have the wrong complexion, too olive or something and I look like death in gray.
But you can carry it off. I’ll enjoy the look vicariously as you complete your sweater. 🙂
Any luck in the home sale department? (Or will writing about it jinx it?)
Posted by: jessie
That’s just your way of saying that tight knitters have a problem, isn’t it? We should all be …. loose like you. 😉
Posted by: Cassie
The gray sounds lovely! The socks are way cool also… Fun knitting happening at your house!
Posted by: natalie
I’ve been contemplating an adult sweater out of Shine but I’m a bit scared about it stretching out from the drape. It works so well for baby sweaters though so I’m itching to try it on a sweater for me. I hope you’ll let us know what you think of it!!
Posted by: Elinor
I ordered some mission fallls in lemongrass for the yoda sweater. It just came in today. There’s a woman at work I adore, who’s due in 9 weeks. I’ve never knitted with cotton before, but tend to knit fairly tightly.
I went up 1 size up when ordering needles in anticipation of that. I know I should still swatch… your post is just another gentle reminder…
Posted by: Megan
Get ready to fall. in. love. At this point it physically pains me to knit with other needles!
Posted by: Cirilia
Yum, I love that orange Trekking!
Posted by: Peeve
I’m so glad you are going with the gray. I can’t wait to see what it looks like when you are knitting it up!!!
Ahh…yummy trekking yarn. Looks good! I love the orange/brown combo.
Posted by: Stephanie
Sounds good to me. I LOVE a plain pale gray and always gravitate toward it when planning knitting for myself. Alas, I have the wrong complexion, too olive or something and I look like death in gray.
But you can carry it off. I’ll enjoy the look vicariously as you complete your sweater. 🙂
Any luck in the home sale department? (Or will writing about it jinx it?)
Posted by: jessie
That’s just your way of saying that tight knitters have a problem, isn’t it? We should all be …. loose like you. 😉
Posted by: Cassie
The gray sounds lovely! The socks are way cool also… Fun knitting happening at your house!
Posted by: natalie
I’ve been contemplating an adult sweater out of Shine but I’m a bit scared about it stretching out from the drape. It works so well for baby sweaters though so I’m itching to try it on a sweater for me. I hope you’ll let us know what you think of it!!
Posted by: Elinor
I ordered some mission fallls in lemongrass for the yoda sweater. It just came in today. There’s a woman at work I adore, who’s due in 9 weeks. I’ve never knitted with cotton before, but tend to knit fairly tightly.
I went up 1 size up when ordering needles in anticipation of that. I know I should still swatch… your post is just another gentle reminder…
Posted by: Megan
Get ready to fall. in. love. At this point it physically pains me to knit with other needles!
Posted by: Cirilia
Mmm…Trekking. After seeing it everywhere I dove in and ordered my first balls online last week. I am completely sold, the stuff is gorgeous!
Can’t wait to see more of the cardi, as you know I was cheering for the Cloud!
Posted by: Rippedoffknitter
Yay gray! And I’d venture to note that swatch, swatch, swatch might serve pretty well as a mantra. Apart from the fact that it doesn’t roll off the tongue in rapid succession as easily as Om.
Posted by: Lizbon
The Cloud will look lovely. And orange socks are ALWAYS a good thing!
Posted by: Anna
I went out and bought the orange Trekking because I saw it here, and it looks so inviting. Yay!
Posted by: Anna
Hi Cari,
Been reading for a while but this is my first post. Love the blog, especially because I grew up with sight-hounds!
I was wondering if you’ve seen any patterns for knitting baby slings out there. I’m dying to make one for a good friend who just announced her pregnancy.
thanks,
Z
zoe_mcelligott@yahoo.com
Posted by: Zoey
Isn’t Trekking lovely? I like your idea of making different heels and toes.
Posted by: Hilari
I can’t wait to see the Cloud in action. I think it will be good. I love the orange socks.
Posted by: knittripps
Mmm…Trekking. After seeing it everywhere I dove in and ordered my first balls online last week. I am completely sold, the stuff is gorgeous!
Can’t wait to see more of the cardi, as you know I was cheering for the Cloud!
Posted by: Rippedoffknitter
Yay gray! And I’d venture to note that swatch, swatch, swatch might serve pretty well as a mantra. Apart from the fact that it doesn’t roll off the tongue in rapid succession as easily as Om.
Posted by: Lizbon
The Cloud will look lovely. And orange socks are ALWAYS a good thing!
Posted by: Anna
I went out and bought the orange Trekking because I saw it here, and it looks so inviting. Yay!
Posted by: Anna
Hi Cari,
Been reading for a while but this is my first post. Love the blog, especially because I grew up with sight-hounds!
I was wondering if you’ve seen any patterns for knitting baby slings out there. I’m dying to make one for a good friend who just announced her pregnancy.
thanks,
Z
zoe_mcelligott@yahoo.com
Posted by: Zoey
Isn’t Trekking lovely? I like your idea of making different heels and toes.
Posted by: Hilari
I can’t wait to see the Cloud in action. I think it will be good. I love the orange socks.
Posted by: knittripps