(Almost) the summery jumper I have been dreaming of

Such a strange week. P is on a school trip (and is no doubt having a whale of a time). I am missing him so much. And apparently not just me - Ethel stayed in this position by P's shoes all day

Mr R had the rather sweet idea of taking me to the local wool shop after we left the train station on Monday morn, and insisted I buy yarn so I could then knit or crochet these days away. I did assure him that I already have enough yarn to be doing that, but the plan was so lovely and so I (more) happily came out clutching some gorgeous Sock Yeah and a variety of cotton yarn which will be made into end of term presents. 

As well as dreaming of P coming home, here is another dream of mine... the perfect summertime jumper. A bit like my search for the perfect summery cotton tee (cotton, hole-y, slightly 80s and certainly not resembling chain mail) I have also been on the look out for the same in jumper form. I may have found the very thing in a navia pattern book

 This is Sigrun,  or model 16, from navia pattern book 17. Look at those holes. My first thoughts were that this had to be crocheted in a summery cotton, and so had a go with some Alba by BC Garn from the basket. The thing with a crochet hole-y cotton jumper is that it has no stretch. At all. This pattern was not going to be the cotton jumper I had planned. I did think about using the dreamy Socks Yeah but the amount of yarn needed would have made this a very expensive jumper, and at the time I didn't  know how much I was going to love the finished jumper. So then I did what I usually do, and ordered some Drops.

I used five balls of Drops baby merino, so not a costly jumper at all. And some of the BC GARN  Alba in the delightfully summery (yet unimaginatively named) colour 07. Why have I not been knitting summer tees and jumpers in this gorgeous colour?

So, while not the cotton jumper I planned, this may get more wear throughout the year. I love it. But if anyone does have any great patterns for cotton tees or jumpers, please let me know...