Over the last month I finished up some knitting projects, just in time for the peak of the winter weather.
I made Iced, a free sweater pattern by Carol Feller from the fab on-line magazine Knitty. The sweater is knit in bulky yarn, yet it's very flattering, due to some nice waist shaping. I knit my sweater in some serviceable and cheap yarn, Lion Brand Wool Ease Chunky. I wanted a brown sweater and this one knit up fast and fits the bill nicely. The cute buttons were dollar store finds. You never know what they'll have at the dollar store.
I also finished a Boneyard Shawl by the popular designer Stephen West. This pattern is a free Ravelry download and a perfect project for meditative knitting. It's one of those wonderful projects that you don't have to pay close attention to, so you can empty your mind, work on your enlightenment, and end up with a nice shawl at the end of it all.
I knit this in a bulky weight yarn too, Hulda by Louisa Harding, which I got at Tuesday Morning. Hulda is a drapey blend of wool, acrylic and linen. I'm planning to wear this shawl to work with my navy raincoat and hope it will remind me of how close I got to enlightenment while I was knitting it.
Michael's grandson Emil will turn three next week, so I made him a sweater. It's knit from a free Lion Brand pattern that comes in both children's and adult sizes.
For this small version I used three balls of Vanna's Choice acrylic yarn, since sweaters for three-year-olds need lots of washing.
Although I had these three projects on the needles at the same time, now that they're finished, I find myself in an unprecedented fit of Knitting Monogamy. I'm still working on my linen stitch shawl, having found a few more yarns to work into the mix. Although I've got my eye on some new patterns, (like this jacket, and Pogona, another Stephen West shawl) I'm content to work on one knitting project at a time right now.
Who knew? Sheesh, next thing you know, I'll be making one quilt at a time. And then maybe pigs will fly. And warm places will begin to freeze over.
10 comments:
all very nice, but that cloisonne jacket leaves me breathless! I've never done colorwork, so I can't wait to see you start yours!
When warm places freeze over, I want you to send me all your sweaters!
Nothing like a little hooded sweater for a kid! I love those with all my heart (even for big kids my age).
P.S. Do not even think of posting that cloisonne sweater on this blog or I will have to get on a plane and come steal it! OMG! that is so pretty!!
Oh! This post reminded me that I have a Steven West pattern that I ordered awhile ago (Herbivore). I love that little hoodie. It looks so cozy. I just saved it from the Lion Brand site. And that cardigan, LOVE it!
You are speedy! These are all pretty, but the one I would steal is that first cardigan. That's me!
Wow, you've been very busy creating some beautiful things! That's a very nice sweater and the buttons set it off perfectly. Hoodies for litte ones are great, and that's a very nice shawl. Now I have to go check those other links......
Nonono!!! We don't want warm places freezing over!!! Make lots of quilts and do lots of knitting - all at the same time!
I seriously have to get my sister to make me one of these shawls...
Perhaps enlightenment leads to monogomy.....lovely works here!
Loving Mexico and thinking of you a lot down here....
Just had to let you know that I sent my sister the link to the Boneyard shawl and begged shamelessly... I think I might actually get one for my birthday!
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