New Pattern Just Released – Lady Sparrow Scarf & Hat Pattern. It’s always exciting to release a new pattern and even more when its a set. It’s a lacey design, of course, since almost everything I knit has lace. But lace as pretty as it is may not give you the warmth you want during winter. So here you have lace with worsted weight yarn. It’s got enough eyelets to make it lace but enough cover stitches to keep you warm and also to help keep its structure. The pattern has written instructions and is also charted, making this a great lace beginner project.
The sample was knitted with Knit Picks new Chroma, worsted yarn. It is a wonderful yarn to work with.
Ok, so I did something I never thought I’d do. I had lunch with someone I met on-line. My visit to California afforded me the opportunity to visit yet another yarn shop and most excitingly, have lunch with one of my pattern testers. She’s a magnificent lady, an incredible knitter who had just finished test knitting my Jardin Ruffled Cardi. Well, since I was going to be so close to Long Beach, why not visit her who was only a short 45 minutes away. The shop is the Alamitos Bay Yarn Company located on the Long Beach marina.
Outside the shop, a magnificent sight, with dozens of little white sailboats in the background – inside, a buffet of luscious yarns. Here’s what I brought home. Madeline Tosh, lace weight in a generous 950 yard hank.
I’m writing this with a lot of excitement. My Jardin Ruffled Cardi pattern is finally released and available for purchase.
It has everything an all-season cardigan should have – a little bit of lace and elegance but can complement a nice pair of jeans too. Go from daytime to evening with it.
I used a cotton/wool blend. Living in Florida that’s the perfect combination. But cotton has its unique flow and tends to “droop” a bit. Well, I call this drape, if you don’t mind. I just love it. It drapes beautifully and feels like I’m wearing a shawl. I took special interest in this effect and designed it to work around these attributes.
Jardin Ruffled Cardi pattern
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Basic Blocking
Blocking Lace
Oh, what a beautiful knitted square. Yes, only one square and it took me way longer than I thought. Amiss all my other projects I munched on this little square a little bit at a time. I found it to be a bit challenging. Not the type of knitting you’d be doing at the knitting group. Tried that and had to unravel all my work when I got home. LOL Every row had its distinct stitches. There were no easy purl rows. But as you can see, it developed this beautiful design. You can find this pattern in The Great American Afghan . I’ll be contributing this square to Knits! in Longwood as part of a charity afghan.
The color is really moss green. Doesn’t show well in this picture.
