I’ve been playing with some sweater ideas recently, and have bought several types of yarn to swatch with. I got a few yarns from Knitpicks, and some others from my LYS. Once I finish all the swatches, I’ll try to post them.

To be honest, the LYS yarns are more tempting so far. But they’re also quite a bit more expensive. They’re not unreasonably pricey, but this will be my first sweater. (Yes, after about 4 years of knitting. I’m slow, okay?) So I’m leaning towards one of the KP yarns just in case it turns into a train wreck. I feel like a good, sturdy Wool of the Andes sweater would frog more easily than the more tempting but delicate yarns that I’m crushing on from my LYS. Maybe it’s bad luck to plan a sweater from the perspective of frog-ability, but I’m trying to be realistic in my expectations.

Maybe I’ll make two sweaters this winter. A basic wool “starter” sweater followed by a cushier one after I have the technique down.