Starting the Dogwood Blossoms sweater kit!

Hi All, Lemmy and I are starting the Dogwood Blossoms sweater. Wish us luck (and good eyesight!) We'd love others working on this sweater to join us!

It's kind of hard to see which colors are on the charts. The dark ones look alike (at least on the blue kit). There is a close up photo of the sweater in the instructions that is a little clearer. I think the first colors used after the cuff are Bark and Silver.

I'm near sighted and wear progressive lenses. I've found I have a much easier time knitting (esp fine gauge) when I wear a pair of old glasses. The distance prescription is lower and I can see up close MUCH more easily. Guess I need stronger progressives, but this works for free!

Tags: Blossom, Dogwood, Fair, Isle, Sweater, colorwork

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Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on October 25, 2011 at 8:27am

I think that would be great! It's nice the pattern gives you the two colors used in each rnd in written form. You can rewrite them with the new colors, or just label each ball with the name of the color it replaces. What a good idea! I think I'm going to do that, because I'm replacing some colors.

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on November 14, 2011 at 5:36am

Several people in my local knitting group are getting or have the Dogwood Blossoms sweater kit. We plan on starting it together as a group after Christmas. Our group is up to six people, with at least one more person considering it. It should be fun.

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on January 7, 2012 at 2:55pm

I've started mine. Here's my progress on the first sleeve:

Permalink Reply by Jean Harris on January 8, 2012 at 12:12pm

Here is my completed sweater. I used the blue sampler colors and navy as a main color. Some of the patterns didn't show the flower as well as the original colors would have, but my daughter loves the blue/greens.

Permalink Reply by Frances Tornese on January 8, 2012 at 12:15pm

It's beautiful!!

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on January 8, 2012 at 4:56pm

OMG! It's gorgeous! I'll bet you're very proud of it!

Permalink Reply by wendy on January 8, 2012 at 7:33pm

Beautiful!

Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on January 16, 2012 at 12:45pm

Oh, that is lovely!

Permalink Reply by Elaine Wenger on February 2, 2012 at 3:44pm

What a great accomplishment! You should be very proud.

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on February 2, 2012 at 6:17pm

Where's the "Agree" button?

Permalink Reply by wendy on January 8, 2012 at 7:34pm

It's looking very nice!

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on January 12, 2012 at 1:54pm

Love this design! Here's my progress:

If I had. It to do again, I would use provisional CO, both sleeves together in the round with steek sts between, then cut apart and sew together, matching up the pattern lines, then add the cuffs in the round. I'll keep you posted, though. It's going well.