The Ranunculus Sweater. It’s become a knitting classic in a very short period of time. And with very good reason, I think. Having knit it twice – once as a short-sleeve version in Mojave, and this second time, which I’m here to talk about, in Andorra – I have decided that Ranunculus does two things…
Category: Finished Projects
Finished Project: Alternate Twist Slippers in Andorra
Back in November of last year, I went on a (belated) 40th birthday trip to Oaxaca, Mexico. In an effort to pack light, I needed to bring a small project that I could quickly take in and out of my bag with an easily memorizable stitch pattern, but was stumped as to what to bring….
Finished Project: Courtney’s Mini Ivy Hill Hat and Gilda’s Sweater
Springtime in Philadelphia is my favorite time of year. When else do you get to run through a sun-filled field of violets and marsh marigolds while wearing your newly finished handknits? It’s a magical time before all the little flowers get mown down in May. The weather can still be in the 40s during the…
Finished Project: Kate’s Minori in Germantown
I try to have a “fun” project over the holiday break, something I can work on while in the car driving to see family, hanging out in the morning, or relaxing after dinner. The perfect project is interesting enough to hold my attention but not so difficult that I can’t work with some distractions. When…
Finished Project: Courtney’s Snug in Germantown Bulky
Will you just look at that face? I can’t even deal with how cute this guy is – especially when he is draped in a bunch of squishy woolly goodness! I am notorious for not finishing things. I love starting a project but it takes quite a bit of enthusiasm to get it completely done. (My older…
Finished Project: Kate’s Toni in Lucky Tweed
Huzzah! A new sweater for fall! In all honesty, this lovely cardigan has been finished since early August, but it has been so stinkin’ hot, I haven’t had the inclination to break it out for photos. Fast forward to this weekend and glorious fall weather, and I just had to wear it on our yearly…
Finished Project: Very V Neck Raglan
Yay! Another finished sweater! I started my Very V-Neck back in September, and it was a really enjoyable sweater to work on in between other, more complicated projects. The yarn I chose, BC Garn Semilla Melange in moss, is such a quintessentially Kate yarn. It is woolen spun, 100% wool, and the perfect sport weight….
Finished Project: September Sweater
It has been a little over a year since sharing my 2020 Make 9 picks, and even though 2020 did not turn out like anyone imagined, I’m actually surprised by what I managed to accomplish! One of my most recent finished projects is the September Sweater by PetiteKnit. Knit using one strand of Andorra in…
Finished Project: Lucy’s Fabel Sweater
Back in March, we planned on attending VK Live in Seattle and organized joint freight with our buddy Theresa of Ewe-Nited States of Fiber. Theresa dropped her bags of yarn off at our warehouse in preparation for shipment, which gave me the opportunity to pour over all of the lovely hand dyed colors. Knowing how…
Finished Project: Courtney’s Rift!
I did it! I finally finished my Rift as part of the #mojavemarlalong, and I am completely happy with it. I used our Kelbourne Woolens Mojave yarn in seafoam and flamingo, and it is endlessly cheerful and summery – a pleasant reminder of beach days yet to come. (Maybe next year?) I don’t know about…
Finished Project: Kate’s Rift!
I finished my Rift as part of the #mojavemarlalong and it is everything I had hoped it would be and more! The subtle Mojave marl (slate gray and plum brown) creates a lovely mushroomy purple that works well with basically everything in my wardrobe. The linen/cotton blend is soft and has some heft, but is…
Finished Project: Kate’s Brushed Dandelion Sweater
Wahoo! Another finished sweater! As you may recall, I swatched the Navia Brushed and Deluxe yarns back in October. At that time, we were working with Navia on translating the patterns from some of their newer books, and I was eager to knit Dandelion by Sára J. Mrdalo from Book 30. Although Dandelion calls for…
Finished Project: Kate’s Newbold Turtleneck
Hooray! Another F.O.! I actually finished this sweater back in October, and even tried to take pictures on the last morning of Camp Workroom Social, but I was looking a little haggard by the end of the weekend. (Sewing jeans in two days is no joke..also, I may have had a wee bit too much…
Finished Project: Charlotte’s Barnelopper
I took advantage of the lovely weather this weekend to finally take some photos of Charlotte in her finished Barnelopper! I knit this sweater for her over the course of 2019, casting on as part of the Fringe and Friends Steekalong last January. The body knit up relatively quickly in between other projects, I sewed…
Courtney’s Carbeth Cardigan
Every now and then a pattern hits you like a ton of bricks, and you stop everything you’re doing to cast on. Years ago I knit what became my favorite sweater – Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Hurry Up Last Minute Sweater in Tahki’s Donegal Tweed. The offset raglan shaping of Carbeth is so reminiscent of that super…
Meghan’s Wee Weaving: Unconventional Materials
By now you’ve read Mari’s post about her experience with the Wee Weaver by Purl and Loop. I was able to pick up a Wee Weaver at the most recent TNNA and was excited to try it. Mari had the idea to make a weaving with unconventional materials and I have to say, I love…
Finished Project: Crocheted Drop Earrings
I was wearing my crocheted earrings the other day and despite the pair seeing heavy rotation in my wardrobe, I realized I never “officially” shared my finished project here on the blog. The start of Crochet Summer seemed like the perfect time to do so, so I asked Linette to take some quick shots of…
Finished Projects: Ronin’s Hedgehog
My son Ronin turned 7 last month and he LOVES stuffed animals. (Note image at the bottom of the post!) Wanting to make him a new toy, I searched on Ravelry and found this adorable Narwhal pattern. I grabbed a skein of the softest yarn in The Fibre Co. line, Knightsbridge from the office and set to work!…
Finished Project: WSP Auction item – Stone Point Poncho
Going once, going twice…..SOLD to the lovely woman with great fashion sense! That’s what I’m hoping to hear when the Stone Point poncho I knit is sold as an auction item for my boys’ school, The Waldorf School of Philadelphia. The annual Spring Auction is in a few weeks and it’s one of the larger fundraising…
FINISHED Project: Sonder Shawl
It’s been a few months since Helen Stewart’s last pattern for her Shawl Society KAL was released. The Sonder Shawl was the last of 6 beautiful shawl patterns designed by Helen. My goal was to knit each pattern using a gorgeous Fibre Co. yarn. I’ve only finished two of the six patterns so far. But…
Knitting during difficult times
Recently I read a nice piece on knitwear designer and teacher, Ann Budd. In it she mentions, “People talk about how knitting kind of saves their lives in times of stress,” when discussing learning how to knit as a young girl while living in Switzerland. I read that and immediately thought how I could relate to…
Courtney’s Fair Isle Cowl
Back in November, I was lucky enough to attend VK Live in Minneapolis as a teacher. It was a wonderful time, and in anticipation I participated in the Vogue Fall Knit-Along and knit Gudrun Johnston’s Fair Isle Cowl from the Fall 2016 issue of Vogue Knitting. I tried furiously to get it knit before the…
Finished Project: Skolt Sámi Boot Socks
About a month ago, Courtney and I came back from the Nordic Knitting Conference armed with exciting new knowledge and quite a few newly cast on projects on our needles. Over the last few weekends, in between finishing up the designs for our new yarn collection to be released in February and samples for a few…
Charlie’s Little Coastal Pullover
I finished Charlie’s Little Coastal Pullover a little bit ago (previously posted about here), but the timing coincided with the beginning of spring, and so I was initially expecting to save it for fall wear. We’ve been spending the past week on our yearly vacation in Down East Maine near Acadia National Park, though, and I…
Adorable Diaper Cover In Action
Helloooooo!! Linette here, new Kelbourne Woolens office assitant/wife/mom/chicken keeper/knitter/photographer/crossfitter. (Interview by Kate coming soon!) Besides the bonus of working with 3 smart and funny ladies here at KW, I also have access to some of the most gorgeous yarns available to knitters. I am also a photographer, and last week had a baby session, so I…
Finished Projects: Lita by Bristol Ivy
This time, the knitter who made the project is me! Meghan! When I saw the sketched proposals of Bristol Ivy’s patterns for her collection, I knew I had to make one. They were all so modern and fun. And when the samples came in, you know I tried each and every one of them on,…
Seathwaite Round Up
The Seathwaite Hat, published last October through our friend Karen at Fringe Association has been a huge hit! I have absolutely loved seeing all of the fabulous versions pop up on Instagram and Ravelry, and especially enjoy hearing when people say it was their first time working cables, charts, or a provisionally cast-on folded brim. I…
KAL with Fancy Tiger Crafts: The Guernsey Round-Up
Fancy Tiger Crafts wrapped up their Guernsey KAL last week. Since January 1, knitters have been delving deep into ganseys and guernseys and it has been great to watch everyone’s progress on Instagram. Those of you who know me, know that I love the history of knitting. Traditional techniques and styles influence my designs so…
#crochetsummer2015 finished project: crochet / sewn top
Last year as part of Crochet Summer 2014, Cal Patch shared a tutorial with us on making a knit tee with a crocheted yoke. I wanted to take the idea one step further, so I created a box top with a the main body sewn out of cotton fabric and crocheted yoke. I came up with the idea while on our way to…
Fringe Hatalong #2: My Finished L’arbre!
A couple of weeks ago our friend Karen Templer of Fringe Association announced the second Hatalong in her series, L’Arbre by Cirilia Rose featuring The Fibre Co. Road to China. I immediately put all of my other WIPs aside and started planning my own. Featuring the “Little Tree” stitch pattern, L’Arbre is a perfect hat for early spring nights. I used…
Finished Knit: Courtney’s Burren Pullover
Graphic Knits by Aexis Winslow is a collection of 20 garments that feature modern colorwork – stranded, stripes, color blocking, and slipped stitches – in bold motifs and geometric patterning. When pouring through the book, I was immediately intrigued by Burren, a yoke pullover with short rows that creates an asymmetrically striped yoke. The short row striped are really…
Finished Project: Amanda Cardigan
She’s done! I looked back in Instagram, and my first post about the KAL was way back in the beginning of September! Admittedly, the sweater itself (Amanda by Lene Holme Samsoe) has been finished for about 2 weeks, but it took three tries to get some decent photos taken! (Ah winter, why are you so gloomy and sad?)…
Crop Top Pattern by Lori Versaci
This summer, designer Lori Versaci contacted me to see if I would be able to test knit a new design for her in our Acadia yarn. The answer, unsurprisingly, was YES! I had been saving (hoarding?) a particularly odd colorway of Bog under my desk for a couple years (yes, years) and had been waiting for…
Finished Project: Tiny Rocky Coast
One of the few things Kate has knit for herself in the past year has been a Rocky Coast Cardigan from the continually popular Coastal Knits by Hannah Fettig + Alana Dakos. Knitting the sweater coincided with her pregnancy with her first baby, a daughter Charlie, born in March of 2012. Not wanting to fulfill…
Summer Knitting Inspiration: Springtime Bandito
Since the beginning of the year, we have had a fabulous intern working for us at KW headquarters, Leah McGlone. Leah is currently pursuing her B.S. in Textiles with a knitwear focus at Philadelphia University. A little while ago, Leah asked to take a skein of Canopy Fingering in chiclet tree home with her and…
Finished Project: Rocky Coast Cardigan
The Rocky Coast Cardigan by Hannah Fettig from her wildly popular self-published book with Alana Dakos, Coastal Knits, has taken the knitting world by storm. For more info on their design process and experience writing the book, be sure to check out the little interview we published with Hannah + Alana as part of their…
Knitbot Snack Size Pattern Series: Day Beret + Tricolor Cowl
Have you had a chance to check out Hannah Fettig’s new “Snack Size Pattern Series”? {rav link} In her words, the series of patterns are a collection of “classic accessories you can work up for the cooler weather ahead.” Intended to be easy, fun, well designed, modern and classic – great go-to patterns to feature…
Finished Project: Brigid Cardigan!
Courtney’s “most hearted” pattern from Vintage Modern Knits is the Brigid Jacket {pattern link} {project page link}, a sweater that has proven to be quite popular! Knit out of Terra, Courtney also opted to use the very popular Black Walnut color. Its duo-tone brown and green-blue goes with all of the earthy off-tones in Courtney’s…
Finished Project: Adelaide Cardiganized!
As a part of the Vintage Modern Knits KAL, both Kate and Courtney took on the challenge to knit themselves their KAL sweater from Vintage Modern Knits. Kate’s “most hearted” design was the cover sweater, Adelaide, {pattern rav link} {project rav link} a Fair Isle yoke pullover knit out of Terra. Kate’s wardrobe mostly consists…
Finished Project: Sapphire Mountain Ash
The smaller version (but still quite generously sized) of the Mountain Ash shawl, designed by Kate and knit out of Road to China Light in Sapphire. This shawl has seen quite a bit in its short life – Kate started working on it during her trip to Argentina this December, knit a few rows at…
Finished Project: Moebius Cowl
A birthday present for a very dear friend, Colleen. Knit by Kate out of Terra in Anemone, with an attached i-cord border out of Organik in Fjord.
Finished Project: Gretel Hat
Kate recently finished a second version of her design in the latest Knitscene, the Setesdal Love Hat (rav link) (web link). For this version, she went with a bluey/green palette of Canopy Fingering, and used Palm Bud (pale blue) for the main color and Chiclet Tree (chartreuse) and Quetzal (peacock blue) for the contrast colors….
Finished Project: Guillermo’s Cardigan
While on her trip, Kate had limited suitcase space but made sure to pack enough yarn to knit her cousin’s son and daughter cardigans. It was the first time she was to meet Guillermo (“Lolo”), and over a year since seeing his sister, Maggie, so the two sweaters seemed like the perfect combination Christmas and…
Finished Project: Aidez Cardigan
Happy New Year! Kate was lucky enough to spend the holidays (including a rather long flight on New Year’s ‘celebrated’ only with a “feliz año nuevo” begrudgingly announced by one of the flight attendants over the loudspeakers while most of the passengers slept) in Patagonia, Argentina, visiting the free range and organic ranch where her…
Finished Project: Conifer Shawl
When Kate posted about the Conifer Shawl (rav link) about a month ago, she was well into her “redux” and chugging along. Like most (well, lets be honest, all) of her knitting projects, the final result took a wee bit longer than expected, but she is delighted with the finished result! Her version, as previously…