Campfire Pullover by Tin Can Knits

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I knit the Campfire Pullover using wool yarn from a single flock! This is my entry to the Great Ontario Fibre Fair, for the categories Sweater and From the Farm. Romy and Laura, two Ontario fibre producers, organized the virtual Great Ontario Fibre Fair this year. That is such a great idea due to the pandemic!

The Campfire Pullover by Tin Can Knits is a beautiful sweater pattern that can fit the whole family because it comes in fifteen sizes! Thinking for the future, I knit the 3-4 year size for Kenji. Obviously it’s too big for him now, but he has enough knit pullovers for now.

The Campfire Pullover is a cozy sweater that has a stranded colourwork design across the chest and a ribbed shawl collar. I had never knit a shawl collar before, but the instructions here were very clear and easy to follow. The collar pattern includes short rows to beautifully fold over and keep the wearer’s neck cozy.

I used 2.5 mm needles for the 2×2 ribbing and 3.00 mm needles for the body to get gauge. The instructions clearly denoted how many repeats of the colourwork charts you needed to knit for each size. However, since the colourwork design is symmetrical, the pattern didn’t have any repeats. Thankfully it was a mirror image, but I had to keep checking the charts to make sure I stayed on track.

This is my entry to the Great Ontario Fibre Fair, which means I needed to use 100% Ontario-grown fibres. I decided to use two skeins of indigo-dyed yarn and one skein of natural brown yarn from Revolution Wool Company. Revolution Wool Company sells wool products from Circle R Lamb, located near St Jacob’s in Ontario. Tomiko and I visited Circle R’s open house festival earlier this year, and we got ourselves lots of goodies. I bought this yarn intending to knit something for Kenji; ultimately I decided on this cozy pullover.

I wasn’t sure if I would have enough of the navy blue yarn to finish the sweater, so I added a few rows of brown to the ribbing (on the cuffs, hem, and collar). I’m thankful that I did this, because I only had a few metres of blue yarn left!

The yarn itself is a lovely woolly wool, rustic and hard-wearing. Thankfully it is minimally processed, not super-washed. That means it contained bits of vegetable matter, which is good for me since I love picking out the little bits!

This pattern is from the book Pacific Knits by Tin Can Knits. The Pacific Northwest environment (or Southwest if you’re in Canada like us) inspired Alexa and Emily, and I love seeing the geography reflected in the patterns. For instance, the The projects include cables, colourwork, texture and lace, in earthy and vibrant colours. All together, these patterns are perfect for staying cozy in Canada.

Overall, I love knitting for babies because they are such quick projects! Check out the other baby knits that I’ve finished:

• Hosenmatz Pants by Mayumi Kaliciak and Antje Litzmann
• Marshmallow Baby Set by Lilia Vanini
• Baby Brights Tights by Lion Brand Yarn
• Teddy Bear Sweater by Marta Porcel
• Bayside Beanie by Stacey McCrea Warner
• Doe Cap by Jenny Gordy
• Remi Cardigan by EweKnit

Get the Campfire Pullover pattern on Ravelry here.