May 16
Fiber Fest was lots of fun!
I had a surprise for everyone in my brioche classes, which was a 2 color brioche hat pattern that they could knit after class. Here it is.
Ripple Hat
The 2 color brioche is knit from side to side and then joined with the Kitchener Stitch. The top of the hat is picked up along the brim and knit in the round. I used Cascade 220, because of the infinite number of color combinations and possibilities. The pattern is being test knit now and will be available as soon as possible.
Happy Spring!
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Oct 31
Rasta, Rasta, Rasta. What can I say about you?
The final design in the
Harvest eBook was knit with Rasta. Rasta is an amazing super bulky rovingesque yarn in the most beautiful color palette. I love knitting with bulky and super bulky yarns, because at the end of the day, I am a project knitter. I love an end result. I love completing things. It gives me a sense of accomplishment and finality that is lacking in my professional life otherwise. The bigger the yarn, the sooner the accomplishment and sometimes that kind of instant gratification just feels good.
The Autumnal Vest was such a fun knit. I wanted to create a super bulky garment that did not feel super bulky, so off with the arms and on with a vest. I also wanted a longer style and cut away, so that all that big fabric did not just hover around the hips. I also decided to add a leaf motif up the fronts extending around the back of the neck. Voila.
Pattern:
Autumnal Vest
Yarn: 5(5,6,7,8) sks Malabrigo Rasta, #868 Coronilla
Needles: US 17 (12.0 mm)
The Harvest trunk show is currently visiting
Tangled Purls in Salem, Oregon and then is off to
Twisted in Portland. I am looking forward to getting it back, so I can wear this cozy fall item!
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Oct 22
What can I say about this capelet? Plenty
After designing the
Piece of Pi Hat, I knew that I wanted to use the same short row circle technique to create some kind of shoulder draping thingy. That is a technical term by the way. I had also just finished knitting
this and was completely enthralled by sticking beads into my knitting.
When designing, I usually start with a swatch and see where that takes me. My swatch for this capelet was huge. It took a bit of fussing to get the circle the way I needed it and it took a bit of fussing to get the beaded edge just right and it took a bit of fussing to get the lace to continue seamlessly over the short rows without interruption. Here is what all the fussing was about.
Pattern:
Harvest Capelet
Yarn: 3(5) sks Malabrigo Silky Merino, #76 Manzanilla Olive
Needles: US 7 (4.5 mm)
The thing that I really love about this capelet is that it is so easy to modify the size. If you want it to come in more in the front, then knit another wedge, if you want to adjust the length, then the pattern tells you where you can easily adjust the stitch count. I will definitely be wearing my capelet around this fall!
Last up-
Autumnal Vest
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Oct 17
I love hats! I love knitting them and I love designing them and I love wearing them. Each hat that I design becomes a little mini challenge in doing something new for me. This is the case with the foliage hat. I really wanted to do something that combined colorwork and cables and with the eBook theme of Harvest, this hat just flew off my fingers.
Pattern:
Foliage Hat
Yarn: 4 sks Malabrigo Lace in #181 Marron Oscuro, #123 Rhodesian,
#42 Garnet, #35 Frank Ochre
Needles: US 3 (3.25 mm)
Here you can see it in the large size in a different colorway.
Yarn: 4 sks Malabrigo Lace in #63 Natural, #181 Marron Oscuro,
#123 Rhodesian, #42 Garnet
This hat is knit with 2 strands of lace and it is so soft and cozy that I want to wear it all the time. The hat is knit from the bottom up with a contrast color turning hem that peaks out at the bottom. The cables are worked to look like trees and then some stranding to look like color changing leaves.
Next Up- A closer look at the
Harvest Capelet
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Oct 09
As is often the case for me, I dream about knitting designs. These dreams most often happen in the early morning, between a deep sleep and waking. The idea for these mitts came to me in one of these early morning visions.
Pattern:
Gathering Mitts
Yarn: 1 sk Malabrigo Worsted #512 Chestnut & 1 sk & Malabrigo Rios #869 Cumparcita
Needles: US 10 1/2 (6.5 mm)
Once the idea of these mitts was in my head, I could not shake it and the inspiration for them was generated by the idea of being able to combine Malabrigo Worsted and Rios together to create two completely different fabrics in one mitt. The inside mitt is knit with worsted and then the lace overlay is knit right onto the inner mitt in Rios. The two mitts are joined together and then thrown in the wash! The inner mitts felts and the outer mitt stays the same, because it is superwash. You can see the felted mitt color peeking through the outer lace mitt, so you can just imagine what fun these mitts could be in all sorts of color combinations.
I have a friend, who shall remain nameless and she was very skeptical about my being able to pull this off, so I had to do it! She is super smart and an amazing knitter, so when we bicker about something I feel really good about myself when I can show her that I am actually right (this does not happen super often, so it is an accomplishment for me). Lucky for me she is the kind of friend who is happy for me when I succeed.
Next up- A detailed look at the
Foliage Hat. I know I said that last time- ops.
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