Bear Track Stitch Revisited

The bear track stitch meets a lace-weight alpaca in this airy scarf.  Despite it’s name, this stitch pattern is feminine, lacy and reversible.  Perfect for a scarf!  While the standard reversible stitches are nice, like basket weave and garter stitch, this stitch pattern is quickly becoming my go-to for scarves.

The stitch can be found here.  And, you can see how it worked out in a bulky yarn in my Lofty Scarf and Stole.

Now that my beautiful locally-sourced alpaca has become a scarf, it’s time to move on to my Knit Picks City Tweed yarn that arrived last week.  8 (100 gram) balls should be enough to do a large swatch and knit up a full-sized cabled sweater.

The question becomes – what type of construction?  Top-down or pieced?  Set-in sleeve, raglan, or drop shoulder?  Cardigan or pullover?  I’m excited to get started.  Hopefully, the swatch will tell me what kind of sweater this yarn wants to be.