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….
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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: 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…
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…
Ravelry Roundup : FO’s in The Fibre Co. Luma
There are so many lovely finished objects in Ravelry made with The Fibre Co. Luma. Here are a few of the most recent of the bunch. Thank you for sharing your projects and love of Luma! Top Row:• Fibre Co. team member Acollinsdesigns wears her Donner sweater in willow. • Bonniedean’s vibrant and elegant Chaset in zinnia. • NatalkaD’s thinks…
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 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…
Meadow Mystery Kal >> Meadowsweet Shawl!
All clues are complete, and we can finally share the Mystery KAL pattern with you…….the Meadowsweet Shawl! The full pattern is both written out and charted, depending on your knitting preference. Along with the pattern directions, the 12 page pdf includes a wealth of information on knitting lace from charts, how to properly swatch in…
New For Sale Pattern: Grey Skies Handwarmers
We’re delighted to announce the release of a new for sale pattern by Courtney called the Grey Skies Handwarmers knit out of Canopy Worsted in River Dolphin. We have had a beautifully warm fall (except for that fluke snowstorm there a few weeks back), but the early (dark!) mornings and late (and even darker!) evenings…
Sneek Peek!
Well, the VMK-KAL is over and woah boy did it feel like knitting for the book all over again – it was pretty tight there at the end and we would be lying if we said our hands weren’t cramping up like mad! Here is a little sneak peek to whet your whistles of our…
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…