Fiori di Cuore

What’s Fiori di Cuore, you ask? I don’t know what it actually means, but it’s the name of a sweater pattern that I began making last fall and finally finished this week. LOL! Actually, fiori are flowers, and cuore is a heart — but does someone out there know what they are when put together? Anyway, back to my subject, I enjoy knitting, but it’s not my main focus, so there was a lot of down time, as well as an entire knitting-free summer to slow me down. It’s just too hot here to knit in the summertime! But I finally finished the sweater and am now going to look for the right shirt to wear under it.

The sweater has a very deep V-neck, as well as large sections of lace knitted into the top fronts, so something underneath is necessary — which will keep me warmer, also. The button is one of a set I picked up in Houston last fall, planning to use one of them for this.

That lace is repeated in smaller sections near the bottom of each sleeve, and the yarn is a lightweight wool/silk combination in variegated blues ranging from royal to medium blue. I think this will be fun to wear!