wip: wave sweater.
I’ve had the Wave Sweater by Spektakelstrik - Mie Firring on my list for awhile and debated back and forth about color and yarn. I decided to knit with Knitting for Olive Heavy Merino for the first time and I am generally pleased with its ability to keep the shape of the color work and it’s soft feel. It does seem like a workhorse yarn.
w.i.p. : westward.
I’ve swatched for this pattern, measured, and measured again. The Westward Sweater by Tayler Harris is beautiful and it knits up quickly. But I’ve found that I’m petite. Real petite. I knew I was of short stature, but doing a dolman style sleeve has really tested my ability to get the oversized but not swimming on me fit I need.
Despite redoing the sleeves once and it feeling really great pre-block, the sleeves just ballooned after washing. So I’ll need to rip back about two or so inches on these and redo the ribbing. That will at least require very little knitting.
f.o. : bistripe hat.
I haven't made too many hats in recent years because it is indeed true: you can have too many hats and you can gift too many hats. That being said, Bistripe Beanie by James Watts came along and who said too many hats?
f.o.: shíyázhí sweater.
This is the Shíyázhí Sweater by Jennifer Berg, a fabulous Native designer whose has a number of patterns I've completed. The Shíyázhí sweater is a beautiful color work pullover for children and this one was made for my youngest nephew, on his 4th birthday this summer.
f.o.: norwegian fir sweater.
My colleague and his wife had a baby this fall. I decided I definitely wanted to make them something. I had some leftover Harrisville Designs Shear from the Morchella Cardigan (which believe it or not I'm going to knit another one with lost of ease) and it was a perfect match for a sweet pattern like this mostly open front cardigan Norwegian Fir. Plus, it was just the right color and amount of wooly softness.