Starsky is a big garment, but it’s knit with 10ply so progress is fast. It didn’t take me long to knit the 3″ of rib, even with the body pieces knit as one. (It took far longer to tweak the pattern so the rib was symmetrical across the back, though.)

The first repeat of the pattern took over an hour, and required more concentration than I’d expected. Looks like there are about five repeats of this before the armhole shaping. Reckon that’s going to keep me busy for quite a few evenings.

I may change my mind by the time I’ve finished Starsky, but it’s not the only big garment I want to knit. Last year I bought two large batches of Patons Inca at the ACS Mill Shop. One to become a big cosy jumper, the other to become a jacket. I’ve been considering jacket patterns ever since. None of the Patons patterns appealed, either having great big cables right over the boobs, or were a bit too tight-fitting. There was even a crochet pattern I was considering, but it was a bit holey for what ought to be a snuggly winter over-garment.

A few days ago, filling in time while tradies worked on the bathroom, I went to all my Ravelry friends’ profile pages and checked out the projects they’d made. That’s how I stumbled upon Gingernut’s Josephine – a big cosy cabled jacket with a wide shawl collar. Like Starsky, an easily accessible Knitty.com pattern but, more importantly, knit out of Inca.

I think this might be the one. I’m not 100% happy with the bulkiness of the sleeves in the Knitty.com pics, but Gingernut’s jacket looks fine. It’s going to be a while before I finish Starsky and can make a start on Josephine, however. Especially with work going from unpredicable drought to flood and back again. In the mean time, which colour do you think I should knit it in? Brown or red?

And what’s this? A bag of yarn donated to some lovely ladies making possum pouches. Much easier to let this lot go when it was going to a good cause!