The second is Mayer. I loved it immediately when I saw this picture on the Berroco website. 
I loved it even more when I saw this picture on the Webs Yarn Store blog. 
I have eight balls of this yarn perfect for it. 
Shhh, I've even done the S word for this project! Yes way! So this has been in the top position for when I am done with Holiday knitting, kidster knitting, and the other small projects I want to finish first. I figured it was about time I made something big again. And for myself. I even thought about returning the bulky yarn I bought for the Hoodie.
Then it happened.
I was out gift shopping and with an arm full of stuff when I saw this. 
It's not exactly the same but it has a lot of similar elements, the most obvious being the wide collar and the similar (not exact) stitch pattern. It has snaps that can turn that wide collar into a turtleneck (which at first I didn't think I'd like, but once I tried it I did). I tried it on in off-white because it was close to what I was going to make. But because of the snaps being a darker color it looked a little odd and they stood out too much. There was a black marl that I liked but three quarters of my sweaters are black or gray and I couldn't justify it. This brown one was a nice color and those big snaps blended in a lot better.
I hemmed and hawed, a lot.
1. This one is longer than Mayer.
2. I'm tall and can manage a long sweater.
3. If I did try to make Mayer it would probably take me until next winter, at least!
4. With a 30% off sale and a coupon in my pocket it would cost less than the yarn I had at home.
5. If I buy it then I wouldn't have the pleasure of making it.
6. The brown blends in with my hair color and I might look too washed out.
7. It's still not the same as Mayer and I might still want to make it and then where would I be?
8. Buy it for $20 and you can wear it right away.
Get it, or not? What do you think happened?
4 comments:
Oh the suspense! Not fair. Well did you buy it? Did cha? Ooooohhhhh the torture of waiting to find out....
Me, I would have bought it. :) Mostly because I'm really crap at knitting anything bigger that a hat for myself.
I would have bought it! It's very pretty and at that price? Yarn can be knit into anything :) And you can still knit the cardigan too if you want. It's shorter and it would be a different color too!
Hmmm, I think you bought it and your next plan is to make the Mayer at a later date in another color. Why not have two or even three Mayers ?! I've even been thinking about the Mayer myself !
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