This has to be the fastest sweater ever. I just finished my Tomato from No Sheep for You. I wasn’t going to jump on this particular bandwagon, but I had five skeins of Blue Skys Alpaca Organic Cotton, and I desperatly wanted to make something from a pattern rather than knitting and ripping and knitting and ripping as I try to design.
The original Tomato was done in red, with a little colorwork. Mine has the colorwork as well, but all the juice got drained out by that vampire bunny, so now it’s all white.
The sweater is a teeny bit big because my gauge loosened a little. I think I’m going to have to actually toss this thing in the washer and dryer and allow cotton to do that shrinking thing that it does.
I am really happy with the sweater, and love the pattern. I’m thinking of re-working the pattern so I can work it at a smaller gauge. I think a tomato out of CotLin would be something I would wear every day. I’ll have to ask the designer, Wendy, if I can make that pattern available.
