Category: patterns

  • treeline striped cardigan

    Catch up time! I’m so busy I can hardly catch my breath…tomorrow, I am staying home the entire. day. Of course, I have piles of work to do, but I can’t wait.

    treeline stripe

    I started this one…I guess it would two weeks ago, now – the Friday I left for Rhinebeck, I cast on while waiting for my train at Union. This is what I had by the end of the weekend – nearly the entire lower body done.

    It’s based on the treeline striped cardigan from the purl bee, but the numbers are all my own doing. And shaping, lots of shaping.

    Yarn is Shelridge Farm W4, in chocolate brown (overexposed, unretouched photo), kidsilk haze in Villain, and the blue yarn from this sad sweater. Okay, I know everyone said to make it a vest, but it certainly wasn’t going to fit, plus…not really into vests. I mean, my arms kind of get colder faster.

    Anyway, I haven’t actually ripped the cabled part – the blue yarn I’m using is from the sleeves, which were already ripped. I love, love, love how this is working up, and it’s been fairly quick too.

    treeline stripe sleeve

    One sleeve down, as well. It’s actually kind of amazing how much slower the knitting goes when you have to wrangle two yarns! I mean, it’s not like stranded colourwork where you’re wrangling, but magically it’s faster because it’s pretty. This way is pretty, but sooooo slow. Still, I’m hoping to have this one to wear soonish – I’ve been wearing the same couple sweaters over and over the last little while.

    In the meantime – I worked out most of the numbers for the wrappy number in the last post, since so many of you sounded so eager for the pattern! If I can get some decent photos, the whole shebang should be ready for sale next week.

    That is, if I have any time to work on it!

  • I sew, sometimes

    half-circle skirt

    I finished sewed this skirt a few weeks ago, and I love it quite a lot – I used an olivey green cotton with a subtle grid pattern on it from Cia’s Palette, 2 yards. I’d originally bought the fabric to make pj pants, but this is way better!

    I didn’t have enough fabric to make a full circle skirt (my fave) but I did have enough to make a half-circle. I didn’t really use a pattern, just folded the fabric in half and cut a quarter circle with a cutout for the waist. I also wanted to try my hand at pockets, so I made in-seam ones – they turned out to be a little small, but acceptable. I’ll make them bigger next time.

    I used and elastic waistband for comfor, and that was that! Probably about two hours in total, and that was a bit long since I spent a good amount of time fiddling with the pockets.

    Also, an important note: there is a rather important errata for Callie, which I just found out about – I’ve got to get off to work now, unfortunately, but I will email new copies of the pattern to everyone who’s purchased it, tonight, as well as posting the errata here. It has to do with the full bust stitch count and placing the markers for the shaping, so if you’re still on the yoke, you’ll be fine for awhile!

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  • Callie Cardigan

    After a couple of days of intensive pattern-writing, and a self-timered photoshoot on my back deck, I FINALLY have the pattern for my O-Wool Balance cardigan ready for sale! The yarn works up into a lovely light, tweedy fabric and the yardage is fab!

    Callie Cardi

    CALLIE CARDIGAN
    Callie is a fun, quick-to-knit seamless sweater, knit from the top down. Three-quarter sleeves, seed stitch and picot edgings and dart shaping make this feminine sweater graceful and polished. As always with a top-down raglan, you can easily modify lengths and shapings to fit your body!

    FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
    Bust: 30 [32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 44, 48, 52] inches. Shown in size 36″ on a 36″ bust.
    Length: Approx. 21 [21.5, 22.5, 23, 23, 24, 24.5, 25.5, 26] inches

    MATERIALS
    O-Wool Balance [50% organic merino wool, 50% organic cotton; 130 yards/50 g]
    6 [6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] skeins, shown in colour: Amethyst 5870

    4.5 mm 24” or 32” circular needles
    4.5 mm 16” circular needles (or use longer needles with the magic loop)
    4 mm 24” circular needles
    4.5 mm double-pointed needles
    scrap yarn
    tapestry needle
    stitch markers
    8 5/8” buttons

    GAUGE
    17 sts and 28 rows = 4” square in stockinette stitch

    DIFFICULTY
    This pattern is suitable for an adventurous beginner. Skills required: cast on, knit, purl, increase and decrease, picking up stitches, bind off.

    Callie, flat

    TO ORDER
    $6.00 CAD

    NEW! RAVELRY DOWNLOAD
    Just click the button to purchase through Ravelry – you will receive and automated download link, and the pattern will be saved to your library! Payment is through Paypal, credit card or balance transfer.

    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.

    Callie Cardi

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