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• An Aside
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An Aside

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Here's Sherri and the shawl on its board.

Observant readers will notice that Sherri is wearing a February Lady's Sweater (FLS), an adult version of much-loved design by Elizabeth Zimmermann. This project was very popular in knitting circles around the country last winter. A top-down knit, the garter yoke and easy lace of the sleeves and body are within the grasp of most intermediate knitters. I've made so many of the Easy Baby Sweater on Two Needles (the original design by EZ) I could duplicate it merely by looking at one that is already completed. You can find the baby version at Schoolhouse Press, an online business operated by EZ's daughter, Meg Swanson.

The yarn is named Classy from Dream in Color, and the shade is Happy Forest. Sherri made the buttons on the FLS by encircling cabone rings of the desired size with single crochet. When the rings are covered, the stitches are turned inwardly, and the ends of the yarn are used to gather them and sewn onto the jacket.