My Everest Projects

This week has been a bad week for blogging. I've been feeling like it's Friday most days...which really isn't great when it's only Monday! However, tomorrow is Friday so yay! Anyway, today I've been inspired by Le Blog Itinérant to write this post talking about my knitting Everests.

I've chosen a few projects for various reasons. The first is the beautiful full circle Mistral pattern. I would  love to knit this in a gradient yarn but it would take a huge amount of dedication and I'm not sure that I could give it that now. Perhaps one day in the future I will!? I also am not great at knitting with lace weight yarn so this would definitely be a barrier.

The second pattern is Beatnik. I remember seeing this when I first joined Ravelry and was looking at patterns. The sweater wouldn't suit me for a start (so I have no real intention of knitting it) but the amount of cables does intimidate me somewhat. I feel it would need to be approached with a really clear understanding of both sweater construction and cables, and while I can knit cables I certainly can't correct mistakes in them!

A third Everest would be a handspun, (perhaps lace weight) cardigan. I am both a slow spinner and knitter so this coupled with my crafting ADD means it would probably take me a couple of years to come to completion!

These would be my Everests....what would yours be and why?