Category: knitting

  • Moraine Cardigan

    Moraine Cardigan

    Moraine Cardigan

    Moraine Cardigan

    My Rhinebeck sweater pattern is finally ready for its debut! Moraine is a super cozy wrap cardigan with an intricately cabled back and simple stockinette fronts. The long ribbed sleeves keep the shape from being overwhelming, but stretch wonderfully over your tee or blouse. The extra-long shawl collar can be worn scrunched up at the back of your neck for extra warmth and is finished with a tidy I-cord bind off.

    The fronts and back are worked flat, then sewn together before working the shawl collar. The set-in sleeves are worked in the round to the underarm, then flat for the sleeve cap. The waist ties are worked separately and sewn to the side seams, so there’s nothing in the way of all those pretty back cables.

    The 10 page PDF pattern with charted and written cable instructions, schematic, abbreviations, and measurements in metric and imperial, is available for $7.50 CAD.

    See more details on the pattern page.
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  • sweater surgery

    I’ve been knitting a big, cozy, cardigan for D., but it’s gone through a few iterations in the last few weeks! I knit up some love set-in, horizontal pockets…but they were deemed too small so I ripped them out (I’ll have to save those pockets for something for myself and my tiny hands!). Then I knit up some nice kangaroo pockets, like those on a hoodie:

    sweater surgery

    And they are good! Except for the fact that the body was then too long below the pocket. Clearly I haven’t been planning very well on this project, just kind of knitting. I really didn’t want to rip all that pocket work again, so I decided on some surgery instead.

    I picked up stitches in a row below the pocket, where I wanted the new hem to start, by using a spare needle and picking up half of each ‘V’ stitch across. You can see that there’s a few inches of stockinette below the needles there, but I want to get rid of all of that.

    sweater surgery

    Then I gave ‘er a snip…

    sweater surgery

    …and separated the old hem from the sweater by picking out that row.

    sweater surgery

    When you pick up stitches like this, it doesn’t line up exactly with the old fabric, because you’re going in a different direction. I lost half a stitch at the beginning and ends of the row, so I had to increase 1 stitch on the first new row. Luckily, I planned a purl ridge on the RS where the patterning switches to garter rib, so it really doesn’t show much! I knit down about three inches then bound off for the bottom of the body.

    sweater surgery

    Now I’m back on track! Half a sleeve and most of the body.

    progress!

    I do have a new sweater idea that I’m itching to get on the needles though, so we’ll see how much attention this project gets this week.

  • Orbital Ornaments!

    New pattern day! I’ve been working hard on these little guys for ages, and I am SO HAPPY to share them with you for this crafting holiday season. (Yes, I said it.)

    Orbital Ornaments

    I really, really, especially love the rocket.

    Orbital Ornaments

    Celebrate the season (any season) with these fun, nontraditional ornaments! These space-themed ornaments work up quickly and are great for your stash of sock yarn leftovers, in all sorts of colours. They would also make a great baby mobile or playtime toys. Embroidered initials would be lovely for personalized gifts – embellish to your heart’s desire. All of the Orbital Ornaments are worked in the round on double pointed needles.

    Check out the pattern page.
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