No worries though. We are fortunate to have so many pattern choices these days, so an alternate was quickly chosen.
The yarn is Berroco Ultra Alpaca Chunky (yep, chunky is the word my eyes skipped over when ordering) a 50% alpaca/50% wool blend that comes in 100g, 120m skeins. Using 5.5mm (US 9) needles it was a quick knit, even for a slow poke like me. The pattern is Banner, by Ellen Mason.
I made a few minor changes — most notably sleeve length. I’m not sure why anyone would want a heavy winter sweater with 3/4 length sleeves, but I certainly didn’t.
If I were to make a sweater from this weight yarn again, I would skip the stockinette beginning to the ribbing — it isn’t enough to give a nice roll, it just makes it look a bit ruffled.
This wasn’t what I had planned, but it’s a warm and cozy sweater that will work well with almost everything else I’m wearing this season so — I’m calling it a win.
