Category: patterns

  • FO: top down sweatercoat

    I was re-sewing the buttons onto this sweater when I realized I hadn’t blogged this one either! I finished this one a long time ago, sewed the buttons on rather shoddily (necessitating re-sewing them on!) and wore it a few times before we hit a warm spell. Judging by the weather today though, I might get a few more wears out of it!

    258.365 - out and about

    (Sorry for the crappy lighting – taken at night!)

    Top Down Sweatercoat
    Pattern: my own design; hopefully forthcoming in the fall!
    Needles: 8mm
    Yarn: Cascade 220 Heathers in 2 colours, held doubled; 8 skeins total

    This one is top-down, circular yoked. It went surprisingly fast considering the length, but the bulky gauge made for quick knitting! The front bands are short-rowed so that they’re wider in the skirt portion of the coat.

    A better idea of the actual colour:

    sweatercoat neckline

    It’s raining and cool again today, so maybe I’ll wear it out! I need to get to Ikea to buy a new desk chair :) Any recommendations?

    Other new knits on and off the needles…

    new sweater

    Socks that Rock Mediumweight in “rose quartz”.

    And I’ve got a new mini shawl pattern in the works!

    blocking

    Mmmmm, deep blue Handmaiden Casbah.

  • cosmicpluto knits wholesale patterns!

    I’m finally ready to take the leap with wholesale patterns! I’ve spent the last couple days formatting and formatting and formatting.

    Click to download wholesale ordering info!

    All patterns are full colour and double sided. Flat Rate Shipping offer applies to Canada Post Expedited Parcel, US Small Packet Air Mail and Light Packets. Express shipping will be extra (contact me for a quote).

    If you have any questions, email me at cosmicpluto at gmail dot com.

    And if you’re inclined, I’d be go happy if you could pass this on to your LYS if you’d like to see my patterns in print!

  • correction: delicious knee socks

    It has come to my attention that there is a small error in the Short-Row Heel instructions. It should read:

    Row 2: Purl 26 [28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38] sts. W&T.
    Row 3: Knit 25 [27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37] sts. W&T.
    Row 4: Purl 24 [26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36] sts. W&T.

    If you’ve knit a short row heel before, you might not even have looked at the numbers – but I’ve corrected the pattern anyway. I’ve also taken this opportunity to add an explicit note about placing the shaping outside the cable panel in the Over the Knee version of the socks.

    You can download the new version through Ravelry now! If you have any problems or questions, please email me at cosmicpluto@gmail.com.