Hello all - I just joined the KAL and I'm looking forward to starting up as soon as I receive my yarn and the latest IK. I'm hoping to use Blue Sky Alpaca (purchased on sale at Purl) - it might be a bit tricky to get gauge, but hopefully I can make it work. I'm from NYC too, so I'm looking forward to wearing this sweater in the park after which it was named, once our weather cools off a bit.