I’m more than excited! I’ve been haunted by the idea of knitting Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Bog Jacket for me. But, I haven’t been able to pick a yarn. I was leaning toward using SchoolHouse Press’ Unspun Icelandic since that fiber is one of my favorites. And when I say that, geez, it seems like everything is a favorite. But not really. A yarn has to have a certain quality, a natural-ness about it. I like a yarn which is minimally processed. And I can most often tell if I’m going to fall in love with a yarn if it still has the faint aroma of sheep.
I recently designed a cowl using Rowan Sheep Breed’s Blue Faced Leicester. THAT yarn is a dream to knit with.
(I’ll be posting the pattern soon…if you wish to be notified when the pattern is available, email me.)
Then came the “Through the Woods” project which I thought I would knit, using Rowan Sheep Breed’s Mid-Brown Jacob. I knitted a sweater using this yarn a few years back and simply loved the entire process. I fell in love again. So…I have decided not to resist the siren song and knit the Bog Jacket using
Mid-Brown Jacob 
Shetland Moorit 
and Black Welsh 
If you want to knit along with me. Order some yarn. I expect to cast on as soon as the yarn arrives. SOOOO much fun. (I really love it when I get this excited about a project!)
Stay tuned!
