I just knit a sweater in three days. Not a full three days. Just a couple hours one day, and then the next and then the next. To do this, it helps if you're knitting in a light aran weight like I did--or maybe a chunky (except that chunky is what chunky does or is it the other way around?)--the Cascade Eco +, and make it a really short sleeved version of the real version because, frankly, we're feeling like we might not see the south side of 75 degrees any time soon in these parts. Truth be told, I doubt I'll even be able to wear my version for more than seven seconds without dying of some sort of wool-induced heat death.
But I knit it in three days, and that is a big plus.
I mean, who knits a sweater in three days? I knit a sweater in three days! Three days of heaven. No one intrerrupted me. I made only sixteen mistakes and hid them so well! The pattern was a delight. I don't think I will add buttons for eyes for every owl because truly, and truthfully, I don't think I could find 34 buttons at Jo-ann's that all match in the same size, but I knit the sucker in three days! (Not to mention, the Jo-Ann's in my area is such a buzz kill that you had better bring some sort of bag of booze or bottle of pills or perhaps a fresh Harikari knife to put you out of your misery whilst in line on double coupon day.)
Maybe I need to smoke that pipe they call "Size 10 Needles" more often.
"The Three Day Sweater" of course!
Posted by: Kathy at Knitting Off the Grid | January 09, 2012 at 11:15 PM
Hehe, owls. I'm 2/3 of the way through a Killing jumper for a client in 2 days, with sleeves too. The Danish Killing that is. The US remake had crappy jumpers. The Danish one was a cult hit here in the UK and there's been huge demand for the jumpers!
Posted by: sarah | January 09, 2012 at 11:45 PM
Polly Pullover?? I am hoping to knit that one up in 3 days ;)
Posted by: Linsay | January 09, 2012 at 11:55 PM
Sounds like the Owl sweater by Kate Davies to me... :)
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/owls-2
Posted by: LoriAnne | January 10, 2012 at 12:07 AM
Owls? I agree - it has to be the Owl sweater! I knit the Dude Sweater out of Cascade Eco = that sweater is Very Warm indeed and we have trouble finding time to wear it. It doesn't help that I made it six sizes too big (what gauge swatch?), and it comes down to my knees.
Posted by: georg | January 10, 2012 at 12:22 AM
I know,
Speedy Tweedy !!!
i hope you used a tweed yarn...or else this might not work ;-)
Posted by: Brenda | January 10, 2012 at 02:57 AM
Knitopause over and there you go!
Posted by: Princess Di | January 10, 2012 at 03:57 AM
Oh and yes. Owls.
Posted by: Princess Di | January 10, 2012 at 04:04 AM
How about the Triple-Ten?
Posted by: Martha Johnson | January 10, 2012 at 04:27 AM
Was just looking at "Owls" the other day for a young woman who goes to Bryn Mawr, and I thought, "I don't know her well enough to invest that kind of time just because her school mascot is an owl and I'm a knitter with January Startitis" But if I can knock it out in 3 days..... (but the key here is "no one interrupted me" - what are the chances of that happening?)
Posted by: Eleanor | January 10, 2012 at 04:28 AM
Did you knit Owlet??
Posted by: Cheri | January 10, 2012 at 04:57 AM
oh how I love that sweater! I knit one myself, in Eco Wool, and was only .25 sts per inch off on my gauge... I think you know where this it going, lol. my size 38 became somewhere around a size 34 sausage casing.
Posted by: CambriaW | January 10, 2012 at 05:08 AM
The "Add water, instant sweater" sweater
Posted by: ExecutiveKnitter | January 10, 2012 at 05:24 AM
How about abreviated for the shortened (time) investment?
Posted by: Deb | January 10, 2012 at 06:07 AM
how about "Trois Jolie" (a play on tres jolie=very pretty)
Posted by: claire | January 10, 2012 at 06:40 AM
Owls by Kate Davies. Obviously.
Posted by: Katie s | January 10, 2012 at 06:56 AM
all those owl eyes? I'd have to call it
'You looking at me?'
or
'Owl love you forever'
Posted by: Majka | January 10, 2012 at 07:14 AM
Owls? Three days? "What a Hoot!"
Posted by: Jude | January 10, 2012 at 07:24 AM
The jo-anns near me is pretty depressing, too. I wonder if it is a chain-wide policy?
Posted by: Michelle | January 10, 2012 at 08:11 AM
Kate Davies Owls in a short sleeve version! How cute! Really, only one skein of Cascade eco?
Posted by: Cinnamon | January 10, 2012 at 08:21 AM
How about 'Owliver'? That is what we call the male half of our nesting pair of barn owls. Ditto on Joanns here in N San Diego!
Posted by: Deborah B. | January 10, 2012 at 08:31 AM
Sounds to me like you should call it Triage... (three days, tri=tree, etc.)
Posted by: Sherry Coleman | January 10, 2012 at 08:46 AM
Owls. I made that one and loved it, too. But also living in So Cal means that it's not coming out for wear this year. :p
Posted by: Martha | January 10, 2012 at 09:49 AM
I'm not sure of this or what it says about me, but the first thing that came to mind for me was Bender...
Posted by: Sunnyknitter | January 10, 2012 at 12:47 PM
3-10.
Posted by: Jan | January 10, 2012 at 02:04 PM