This is the beginnings of Pyukkleen, by Ysolda Teague. It’s the biggest colorwork project I’ve done to date. I don’t normally care too much about reproducing colorways exactly from patterns, but I actually really liked the combinations in the original pattern. I don’t have easy access to Jamieson’s, so I went with Knit […]
Pattern: Fish Hat (Dead or Alive?) by Thelma EgbertsYarn: Knitpick Chroma in the Weathervane colorway, Cascade Alpaca Lana d’Oro in Ruby, Classic Elite Renaissance in the Cardinal colorway, Cascade 220 Heathers 2445 (green), Cascade 200 Superwash 844 (lighter purple), Knitpicks Wool of the Andes Superwash in Columbine Heather, Malabrigo Rios in the Glazed Carrots colorwayNeedles:
So here’s the latest knitting project: another Fish Hat Dead or Alive?. I’d made one for my friend L a few years back. Her nephew apparently thinks it’s the coolest thing ever, so when I mentioned I was taking commissions when I was down visiting them in January, that went on the list. I did
Here’s the end of the Tess’ Designer Yarns Peruvian sock. I’m now down about a thousand yards of yarn for the year, between projects, and selling a couple skeins that I had no immediate use for last week. (I’m still waiting for those to arrive at their destination so I can spend the money
Pattern: Lolo by Jared FloodYarn: Knitpicks Wool of the Andes Superwash in the Columbine Heather colorwayNeedles: Size 8 circs and 7 DPNs The construction of this hat is really neat – it’s knit flat, and then joined together at the back seam, with a little tiny bit of a join at the top in the
Finally, I’m done with the Knit Picks Stroll Merlot Heather yarn. I normally don’t like to do that many hexipuffs in one color, but I just needed to get rid of that yarn. It felt like it was going on forever, but it’s gone now!! That technically gets rid of all my unassigned
Pattern: Starshower by Hilary Smith CallisYarn: Tess’ Designer Yarns Peruvian sock in the Seabreeze colorwayNeedles: Size 7 circs The construction of this cowl is really interesting. It starts flat, and is eventually joined to be knit in the round. Once in the round, the main pattern repeat is more easily done on the
Pattern: Siksak by Marja SuomelaYarn: Patternworks Bretton Heathers and Reyholds Sea WoolNeedles: Size 3 and 4 circs and Size 4 DPNs This is a pretty cool pattern – it’s actually incredibly simple, but looks really complex, compared to the effort. And it’s a great stash buster. I’d definitely make it again.
This is the Siksak hat, by Marja Suomela. It’s actually super simple, but the pattern looks pretty complex. Kinda cool. It’s simple enough I would probably normally find it boring, but I like what it’s making so much I haven’t had that issue. The yarn is Reynolds Sea Wool and Pattern
After so many small projects, I needed something more substantial. This is the Starshower Cowl by Hilary Smith Calis, done in Tess’ Designer yarns Peruvian sock. I’m loving it. It’s nice to have something bigger to make, and the construction of this is interesting – it starts flat, and is
