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Toki’s Puppy sweater. My first intarsia. Had no idea what I was doing. But it turned out anyway. Baby Ull, and my first Zimmerman Yoke sweater. So fun.
viking cable socks
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Miss Carrie’s Koigu viking socks. Pattern inspired by Elsebeth Lavold’s sock pattern, but obviously doubled and stretched about a bit. Loved how the cables came out in this colorway. Looks like Irish ruins.
joe’s scarf
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A tube scarf. That red is way hotter in the photo than in real life. Thank god. All in Plymouth Galway. A lot of knitting. Fun project. Super warm thing for the boy who moved to Michigan. And then he moved back to southern California. Natch.
stash happiness
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This is my stash from last August’s Stitches Midwest. The Noro is becoming a sweater coat for me. The Habu bamboo, on the left, is an all-but the seams and blocking baby sweater for Hazel, and the linen and crazy pink sparkly stuff? Any ideas? Anybody?
sparkly widdershins
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Betsy’s Widdershins socks in the best self-striping yarn I’ve used yet. Very fun. Very discontinued. Dang it.
peace cuffs
jason latvians
Jason’s latvians. In Dalegarn Hauk. I loved making these for my Finnish son-in-law. If I knew how to write patterns, and could write a description for herringbone braids, I would do it. But I do provide the color chart here, which is my own. I learned to make these mittens in Beth Brown-Reinsel’s Latvian Mitten class, and I recommend you do the same. It helps to learn this stuff at the elbow of a pro. Meantime, chart is here for you Latvian hounds looking for a man mitt.
Download Jason’s Latvians pdf file.
marsha’s bag
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Little handbag for Marsha. Big enough for a wallet and cigarettes. The faire isle patterns lifted from that killer sweater on the cover of Fall 2007 Interweave Knits. Al shades of Plymouth Galway. Crocheted and braded strap.
Jack’s aran
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My first adult sweater! No pattern. Worked the Aran from the neck down, in beautiful British Breeds in Manx. The sort of yarn you have to take seriously. Every part knit to fit, with cable patterns lifted from Elzabeth Lavold’s Viking Patterns book. Body knit in the round with steeked armholes. Very fun project. I miss knitting it. I borrow this one a lot.
boo-boo’s beaded scarf
Sister Carrie’s scarf, made in Debbie Bliss merino with metallic grey glass beads. A lot of beads. A great many beads. And when you’re about tired of the beads, there’s the other half to knit. Clever pattern, starting from the ends. Three needle bind-off at the top. Heavy, drapy, sparkly, nice. Perfect match to the outer grey rings of Carrie’s pretty eyes.
Jollyfish hat
John the Geologist is a full member in good standing of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM). So I made him this hat. Knit it for your favorite Pastafarian. Knit it to encourage the piracy that will stop global warming, save our planet. Give honor to His Noodliness.
Did the entire back of the hat in the same two x two checkerboard as you see in the bottom and top stripe. So the whole fish is faire isle, rather than intarsia. Lots of weaving for those long stretches. You can see some of that poke through, but after a year or so of wearing, really you don’t. This is a super-warm hat, as a result. And it doesn’t have as much stretch as most hats, so you’ll want to measure your target, swatch in two-color checkerboard, and cast on accordingly. Add checkers in back to make the hat the size you need.
Download Jollyfish knitting chart pdf file.
Note: I have provided only the chart, and should add that I made this in Dale of Norway Hauk, on size 4 needles. The hat I made is exactly 160 stitches around, and fit my target a little snugly, but he has a large melon. Sorry no actual complete hat pattern, just this chart and these hints. If I ever learn to write a proper pattern, I promise I’ll post it here, or if YOU write patterns and want to write one for this, I’d be thrilled!
hello world!
I’ve resisted a knitting blog for ages and ages, but the Walker Treasury project finally tipped me over. I love swatching. I love Barbara Walker’s books. So why shouldn’t I play? Been keeping my knitting pics over at Flickr, where I am stunned and humbled by all the beautiful work I see there every day. I’ll likely post my favorite Flickr knitting shows here to encourage visitors to go admire that work!
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