When the leaves turned last November, I had the urge to cast on something to celebrate pumpkin spice season. The perfect autumnal color “Rust” in Knitting for Olive was in my yarn stash and I decided that it had to become a sweater. I went to Instagram and Ravelry to look for inspiration and of course, there are a bajillion options. I have followed Aimee Sher and their wearable design portfolio for a while now. Aimee specializes in great fit… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Handmade
Rita Vest
Gorgeous October is here with its beautiful fall colours and crisp autumn weather. The beginning of cozy season is always a wonderful shift. As a creative person who enjoys curating a handmade wardrobe using slow fashion, this is especially an inspiring time of year. It’s called Sweater Weather for a reason! Kicking off my seasonal handmade creations with a cozy vest. This slipover/vest called Rita, is a pattern that was released in Wardrobe Toolbox. This is a subscription platform of… Read more »
Springline Tee
I just finished test knitting the Springline Tee for Samantha Guerin and I love it. I have been a huge fan of Samantha’s patterns and I have knit her Salty Air Tee quite a few times. The Springline Tee is just as enjoyable and the design, the fit and the test knitting experience were all top notch. This knitted tee uses a drop shoulder construction where you knit the front and back separately while you shape the shoulders and the… Read more »
Spring Knits Featuring Wayfarer II
Wayfarer With No Twists –
Using the Wayfarer pattern as a blueprint to create the perfect Spring handknit top.
LYON SWEATER
I will never get tired of wearing stripes. Anytime I can incorporate stripes into my handmade wardrobe, I will go for it. The Lyon Sweater by PetiteKnit looks like a standard striped sweater at first glance, but there are quite a few details that elevates this pattern. The upper torso shaping on this sweater is very interesting. I had never knit this type of shoulder construction before and it will not be my last, the fit is just perfect. I… Read more »
Summer Knits Part 2 — Tolsta Tee 2.0
Now that cozy season has arrived and I forget all about summer, I wanted to document my warm weather knits for this year.
Summer Knits Part 1 — Salty Air Tee Revisited
Now that cozy season has arrived and I forget all about summer, I wanted to document my warm weather knits for this year.
Sweater Streak
About halfway through this past year, I realized that I had knit 6 sweaters during the 6 previous months. Shocking, I know! As most of my knitting friends are aware, I am not the fastest knitter. In fact, I’m pretty slow — preferring to savour the process rather than churn out finished products. With six sweaters under my knitting belt, I thought it would be crazy to see if I could knit another half a dozen garments before the end… Read more »
sweater surgery
I’ve got a new sweater on the needles. This one is called “Wayfarer” by Kiwi designer Libby Jonson. This one has some lovely fitting details which makes for interesting knitting in my books. Wayfarer has a cable panel running down the front and there are instructions and a design chart explaining clearly how things are supposed to be knit. Did I look (glance) at the chart? Yes. Did I read the instructions? Nope! I was progressing nicely down my sweater… Read more »
Salty air
The Salty Air Tee is another summer knit and was it ever fun to knit! This cute little number has a gorgeous lace yoke and a cropped length (well, cropped for me and shortish according to my teenage daughter). It makes for a lovely, light summer tee. I had a limited quantity of a sock yarn from Hedgehog Fibres that I wanted to use up. I wondered if I could squeeze in a summer top or modify an existing design… Read more »
