Raglan Sweater

When Gwen Stefani appeared on the cover of Glamor last October, 2009, I bought the issue from the supermarket because, as I remember stating, the pink sweater is "the hottest pink sweater ever made." Turns out it was a McQ sweater, and even though it was not on the runway, I have included it in my collection because I love it so much.

I have started knitting (and promptly frogging) this sweater a few times. I know it has been more than 3. I started it in May, and still haven't made any progress. I decided to try to knit a few other things before this pink sweater, because up until a month ago, I had never knitted a sweater. I started off with a simple baby sweater, which wasn't a raglan, but boosted my confidence to the point where I was ready try the pink one again. While it did boost my confidence, it didn't give me enough knowledge or any experience of a true raglan to really start the pink sweater. So, on Friday I began a second baby sweater, this time a true raglan. It came along swimmingly.

Now, based off my skills from the baby raglan I feel like I can sit down and properly construct a pattern that will work for the pink sweater, instead of just "going for it," like I was doing before. I am armed with 13 skeins of baby alpaca, hot pink, and ready to go. Time to work on the pattern.

I hope I don't have to frog this thing too many more times. I don't want the yarn to look over worked.

It's certainly not couture, but was really great to learn with:


The Gwen Stefani Cover with the sweater I love.