I don’t know about you, but the longer I have yarn languishing in my stash, the less likely I am to be excited to knit with it! I recently found a pattern for a little girl’s sweater on Ravelry which I thought would be the perfect layering piece for Kiki. The pattern I’m talking about is Cinnamon from the uber talented knitwear designer, Elena Nodel. I loved the chic-ness of it and thought about how gorgeous it would look knit it in… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Cardigans
Drifting
My dear friend, Jocelyn, dyed me some special fingering weight yarn last year. Her Etsy Shop, Dubai Knits, is always stocked with fantastic yarns in such pretty colorways. I’ve been saving that yarn for something special and when Cecily published her adorable Breezy Blues pattern collection, I was all over it. I cast on immediately for Drifting using my special Dubai Knits yarn. This yarn is super lovely, with excellent stitch definition and just the right amount of loft. It blocks out… Read more »
Blog? What Blog??
L o s t! That’s what’s happened to my blogging mojo over the past few months. Sure, I’ve popped by with the occasional post to say, “Hey, look what I made!” But, I just haven’t had anything to say without it sounding too contrived. Howeverrrr, when I woke up this morning, I felt like I just wanted to blog even if it was just a bunch of random words. So, here I am:) Ever since May rolled around, my knitting queue… Read more »
Metro
I cannot believe I forgot to blog about Metro! (My Ravelry page says that this cardigan was finished on March 1!!!) Better late than never, right? When this pattern was published in the 2010 Fall issue of Twist Collective, I thought it was “nice” but never really got that I-Must-Knit-This-NOW type feeling. Then, I got this yarn as part of my Madelinetosh Sweater Club shipment and it was am-A-zing! Meet Squishy! Actualy, it’s tosh 80-10-10 Worsted MCN, but I prefer Squishy, the perfect… Read more »
Soay
I had the fantastic opportunity to test knit Gudrun’s latest pattern, Soay. Soay is a cropped cardigan with a lace motif in front – just perfect for celebrating spring. This was my first time using Quince & Co. yarn and I loved knitting with this yarn. Great stitch definition, blocks out real soft! My favorite part is the scooped neckline ♥ and the stockinette buttonbands and of course the lace flower motifs. This cardigan calls for Quince & Co.’s sportweight yarn, Chickadee…. Read more »
Alouette
When I bought this yarn from my LYS a few weeks ago, I knew that I wanted to knit something girly with it. What better than a little spring cardigan for my 3-year-old daughter, Kirtana. So, I dug out my Barbara Walker Stitch Dictionary, picked out a stitch pattern I liked and began knitting. Every time I would pick up this sweater to knit a few rows, Kiki would ask me, “Mama, are you all done?” That alone was sheer… Read more »
Spring Things
3 more days till Spring! I’ve been a busy bee with so many things needing to be done before Spring break arrives next week and much of my time has been spent in the kitchen. I’m getting ready with my Spring Break Arsenal ….how come kids are extra hungry when they aren’t at school? I don’t blame them with trees to be climbed, frisbees to be thrown (almost took out our neighbor’s dog… sorry Roxy!) and general goofing off to be… Read more »
Plan B
This is what we saw on one of our bike rides last week…. What a perfect day to ride horses (or bikes)! Time to bring out the spring knitting, don’t you think? I was contemplating what yarn to use, when I looked at these beauties from my recently frogged Dark and Stormy Cardi and thought… Plan B! Same yarn, different pattern! I’ve been wanting to knit the Garter Yoke Cardi for a while now and so as always, I went trolling… Read more »
The Frog Pond
When you look at something over and over and it becomes so very familiar that you miss so many details like, erm…. the huge big mistake that is staring you in the face. Remember when I showed you my Dark and Stormy Cardi and said that I would get to working on it pretty soon? Well, I thought things were going swell and that this week I would really get cracking on this sweater. Yeah, scratch that because my buddy Jocelyn said that… Read more »
k2tog YO ssk YO
The knitting language is full of abbreviations… WIP, FO, YO, K2TOG and many, many more. If you aren’t a knitter, you’d probably think that this was weird and maybe even bordering on rude. Last week, I kept losing my place in the pattern I was working on and had my 11-year-old son, Prithvi, call out the pattern rows to me. After some initial stumbling he really got into it and began a rap of sorts. You see, he thought that all of the YOs (yarn overs) in… Read more »
