It was approximately the same time that I bought some Park Avenue Printed yarn, the blue-green no. 136 color, from the Lily Chin Signature Collection at a deep discount from Webs.
The contrast band was tricky because my skin is more sensitive now and the pattern called for a fuzzy yarn, and most natural fiber fuzzy yarns have mohair that is too itchy for me. What I ultimately set my heart on was Great Adirondack Caribou Yarn in the Birdsong colorway that it was just discontinuing. Thanks to ebay, I found it in fingering (?) yarn. I kept finding it listed as different weights. All I know is that if I knit 2 strands together I get exactly the gauge I need, and that's all that counts. The Birdsong colorway is a hand-dye of green, blue, violet and plum. The green in the colorway is almost the exact shade of green in the Parke Avenue Printed yarn.
Within the past year and a half I started to knit the back of the sweater. It begins with a ribbed lace stitch. I recently took it to my spinning and knitting group because it was the easiest thing to find. Tonight I just had to knit for a while and I ended up being able to knit the contrast band in the back. It looks so pretty knitted. Too bad it couldn't be fuzzy, too, but the two yarns look so nice together. Now I wonder how long it will take me to knit the rest of the sweater.
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