Esther Sweater in Black: Progress Update
I generally gravitate toward working with more fun, colorful yarns—but when it comes to what I actually reach for to wear, black wins almost every time. So I thought it was about time I made myself a black sweater. I just didn’t want it to be plain stockinette. I wanted something with a little texture or interest to it. I had already been looking at the Storm Sweater by PetiteKnit and mentioned it here in my post-Christmas knitting plans. Originally I was thinking about doing it in a lighter gray, but after seeing a couple versions in black on Ravelry, I thought maybe this could work. For yarn choice, I ended up getting Drops Extra Fine Merino (in black, obviously). I’ve used it before for my brother’s NJ Devils sweater and I liked it. It’s enjoyable to work with, it’s affordable, and I remember it having a sort of springy stitch definition that I thought might be good for holding texture. But when it came in the mail, and I got to swatching, something just wasn’t clicking. I started...
