Actually, this is just me making notes on what pattern to /choose/ for Sweatertober-leading-to-Noirvember.

• Obsidian by Lisa Mutch
• Brandied Cherry
• Layer It! Or The Simply Elegant Knit sweater
• Off Shoulder Blouse
• Hild
• Vandalia
• Punked
• Vivian
• Camden
• Alene’s Wrap
• Cary Grant, The Debonaire
• Halyard
• Charleston Tea
• Splice
• Wulfenite
• An Aran for Frederick
• Silken Scabbard
• Joanie
• Kelmscott

Updated version: Options, by yarn weight, are:

Aran
Halyard - aran, no more than 200g of anything. No pattern.

Splice - have enough fingering, but not enough aran. No pattern.

Worsted
An Aran for Frederick - worsted, have enough KnitPicks but nothing more. No pattern.

Silken Scabbard - worsted, have enough KnitPicks but nothing more. No pattern.

Sport
Camden - sport, not enough of anything.

Fingering
Obsidian - fingering, I have no more than three skeins of anything ATM.

18/9/2014 - Thinking more about what I want from this:

I really, really like the idea of a cowl or a shawl collar; it’s getting pretty chilly, and those both seem more suitable for November than other necklines. (I also like the idea of a hood, but am setting that aside since it seems too much like a hoodie, and while I don’t mind that, I don’t want it for this.)

I like the idea of asymmetry. Torque and Joanie are looking pretty good on that level, although neither of them are really fitted, which leads to:

I want it to be fitted. Not sweater-girl negative-ease fitted, but not a box with cables, either. Vivian is a good example.

I want a pullover, rather than a cardigan.

I want the option of a V-neck, or asymmetrical V-neck. The high neckline is what’s making me pull back from Wulfenite, which is otherwise gorgeous.

I want some cabling, about as much as you see on Wulfenite or Silken Scabbard. (I’ve thought about it, and I don’t really want lace or eyelets. This sweater should be pretty, but also warm, and those undermine warm to my mind. May consider lace at collar or cuffs, but overall no.)

I’d like a fairly simple body overall, for speed and mindless knitting.

Related to both speed and warmth, I want worsted- or aran-weight.

I’d like it to be done mostly in the round.