Category: design

  • Waffles!

    The Waffles! pattern is now live!

    Waffles Mosaic

    Sweater of champions! Clad your baby, toddler, child or youth in this fun, easy to knit pullover. Knit from the top down, raglan style, in a stretchy and easy to memorize waffle stitch pattern, Waffles also features twisted rib details and an optional button placket collar.

    Two size bundles are available – Baby/Toddler and Child/Youth. Buy individually, or buy them together and save 15%!

    Baby/Toddler Sizes Information

    Size:
    3 [6, 12, 18, 24] months

    Finished Measurements:
    Chest: 17.75 [18.75, 19.5, 20.5, 21.5] inches
    Length: 11 [11, 11.75, 12.75, 13.25] inches

    Materials:
    Hand Jive Nature’s Palette Fingering Weight Merino
    (100% superwash merino wool; 185 yd/50g)
    2 [3, 3, 3, 4, 4] skeins
    or 400 [435, 485, 570, 610] yards of equivalent fingering weight yarn

    3 mm/US 2 16” circular needles
    3 mm/US 2 double pointed needles, set of 4 or 5
    4 stitch markers
    tapestry needle
    one 3/8” button (optional)

    Child/Youth Information

    Size:
    4 [6, 8, 10, 12] years

    Finished Measurements:
    Chest: 24.5 [26.25, 28, 29, 31] inches
    Length: 13.75 [15.5, 16.75, 18.25, 20.75] inches

    Materials:
    Hand Jive Nature’s Palette Fingering Weight Merino
    (100% superwash merino wool; 185 yd/50g)
    4 [5, 6, 6, 7, 8] skeins
    or 740 [900, 1020, 1145, 1380] yards of equivalent fingering weight yarn

    3 mm/US 2 16” circular needles
    3 mm/US 2 double pointed needles, set of 4 or 5
    4 stitch markers
    tapestry needle
    one 3/8” button (optional)

    Gauge for All Sizes
    28 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches/10cm square in stockinette stitch and Waffle Stitch patterns, blocked

    Download Information
    Patterns are available for download through Ravelry (no membership required) with an automatic download link. Payment is through Paypal using balance transfer or credit cards.

    Buy the Waffles BABY/TODDLER SIZED VERSION ONLY: $6.50 CAD

    Buy the Waffles CHILD/YOUTH SIZED VERSION ONLY: $6.50 CAD

    Buy BOTH BABY/TODDLER and CHILD/YOUTH VERSIONS TOGETHER
    and save 15%! $11 CAD

    Note: As of July 5, 2010, sales tax will be added to this price for all Canadian residents only. The rates are: British Columbia 12%; Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador 13%; Nova Scotia 15%; and everywhere else in Canada 5% GST. Tax will be added in the Paypal payment process.

    More photos available on Flickr!

    Whew!

  • oh, that new project smell!

    I think I was feeling really lost about my knitting projects because I was just so bored with doing the same ones for so long! Cast on for something new and it just speeds along – the 5.5 mm needles probably help, too.

    Friday morning…

    quickie cardigan

    Saturday morning…

    yoke done...

    And this, well, afternoon since I got up so late…

    ...and a sleeve

    It’s just a simple top-down cardigan – it’s going to be short, because I’m light on yarn, but I’ve got an idea for the shape that I’m hoping will work out. We’ll see – I wanted to do the sleeves first so I could use up every last scrap of yarn for the body! I’m now done that second sleeve and I’m moving on the body.

    I love the yarn, too – it’s Sublime Cashmere Merino Silk Aran, and while I know it isn’t going to wear very well, it’s awfully soft! Mmmmm.

    In other yarn news,

    STR "lettuce knit"

    Socks that Rock lightweight in our very own “lettuce knit” colourway is in at the store! A pretty decent amount of yarn came, but it’s going fast – if you want one by mail order, give me a call (number’s on the website) and I’ll see what I can do!

  • raising the profile

    Well, it’s rather late and I meant to post earlier – but then I got all caught up in watching Doctor Who (the new series; I’m on season 2 and rather starting to like David Tennant) and here I am.

    I seem to have gotten back some of my knitting mojo of late – I think I was just tired of everything I was knitting, but really needed to do it anyway! I’ve cast on for 2 new projects and they’re both going nice and quick. Photos of them soon.

    What I really came by to tell you about are some (rather random) print happenings for me!

    First up, I’ve got a pattern in Shannon Okey’s new book, alt fiber – it’s a long jacket in linen stitch, knit with hemp. Yeah, that took awhile. I don’t have any photos at the moment but hopefully Shannon will be able to send some over!

    alt fiber

    Next up, totally unbeknownst to me until I read the magazine, I got shout outs in the article on knitting in Canada! From the most famous knitter. Pays to know people! (Thanks dude. I totally owe you homemade peanut butter cups.)

    ETA: Oops, I don’t know how I didn’t say the magazine! It’s the fall 2008 Vogue Knitting!

    14.365 - Vogue!

    Second mention in the same article, about Canadian bloggers…hey! I know those other names! (And one in particular who isn’t Canadian – I wonder where they got that from?!)

    more Vogue mention

    I’m so happy to be making a bit of an impact, and so glad that there’s such a great community of knitters. I don’t know where I’d be without you!