I’ve finally written down a post about the elusive Unst cardigan! On my needles since spring 2018 this colourwork beast was completed early 2020. It even fits!
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I’ve finally written down a post about the elusive Unst cardigan! On my needles since spring 2018 this colourwork beast was completed early 2020. It even fits!
Trying to keep it short for this one as the previous episode went on a bit. Perhaps I am now overcorrecting? Who knows. 😅 In any case I’ve finally sewn on the buttons on my Unst cardigan! And it needs to be bragged about.
Show notes for episode 10 below! 😃In this one I chat about my Birkin sweater, show my progress on the Foula snood, talk about a cheeky new crochet hook up, present a finished amigurumi and share my woes about a past knitting fail.
It’s been a week. But I’m back to do my knitterly show and tell once again. 😁
Another week flew by and another episode is live for your viewing pleasure. I’m on a roll with my fair isle hats and can show off two completed beanies in glorious colourwork. Walt the green monster makes an appearance, the granny square pullover is back and I express some frustration about choosing the next big knit.
The love for colourwork continues this week, I show off a newly blocked shawl and I have a monstrous creature on my hook.
In an effort to keep the ball rolling I’m putting another of these knitting podcasts out into the wild webs. This episode is heavy on the colourwork love, and especially Marie Wallin’s designs. 😍
This is the summer of colourwork by Boyland Knitworks. And I don’t see how this will ever end.
Product knit for the win! So very pleased with the result, but oh my how I was bored knitting it. I was sorely tempted to put it aside and do something more fun (for me) on several occasions. But I knew it would just crawl into a corner forgotten if I did. Instead I now have in my wardrobe one of the garments I’m most pleased with and will probably wear a ton.
I first came across Junko Okamoto’s designs, as one does, on Instagram. A wonderful Japanese designer that has quickly crowded my to-knit-list with beauties like the Twigs, Yuri and Astrid. But first up, unable to resist a cheeky cast-on, is the Bouquet Sweater. An all over colourwork design with an unusual construction and detail. And in a worsted weight stitch gauge of 20 st x 10 cm it was too good to wait.
My version of Rocquaine pullover was finally finished at the end of February after nearly six months in the WIP-pile, completely missing the self-imposed deadline of the #rocquainealong. No surprise there. I have only now gotten around to write a post about it.
This winter I made the Treysta sweater by Jennifer Steingass. It was another one of those “I must have this” cast-on’s totally spurred on by an Instagram post by Tuku Wool. I’ve made mine in the more accessible (to me) Hillesvåg Tinde yarn which is one of my all time favourite yarns for colourwork. It’s a sticky rustic wool from the Norwegian pelt sheep creates such a deep saturated colour and a wonderful lustre that is just… well, lovely.