It has been on my ravelry queue since November, and for my birthday, my knitting sensai (a.k.a. my mom) bought me the yarn with which to make the Sylvi.
After much deliberation, I decided not to try to get the Briggs Atlantic, which is only available by calling the company in Canada. It’s beautiful yarn, though, and such a great selection of color. I also had this idea that I wanted to get some kind of yarn that was machine washable, but Olga at Knit Happens pointed out that I’m not really gonna wash a coat like this, and that if I did, I’d have to re-block it each time. So, I just have to be really really careful when I wear this thing.
Knit Happens had two choices: this beautiful alpaca in the grayest green… SJP called her Oscar de La Renta Oscar dress “barely mint,” so I guess this may have been almost moss. So pretty… but not enough. Which is all well and good because that would have made a drapier sweater, and I want this thing to almost be able to stand up on it’s own. It’s an impressive, sturdy coat.
So… what I chose, and what I left with (the most yarn I have ever purchased at once), is the Debbie Bliss Donegal Tweed in Denim. A good neutral. The red looked too Little Red Riding Hood, and the grey was too, well, grey. The denim will cross over fall and spring, too.
the most yarn I have ever bought at one time
I’m so excited that you’re making it! Good luck!
I am about halfway to finishing the first sleeve… I will post a photo soon. It’s actually not a difficult pattern. When I actually looked at it, it’s just seed stitch and cabling. The petals are knit after and sewn on!