We’re having a glorious day outside today, and shortly I plan to be out running around in it, after laundry and bill-paying (blech), but I wanted to show you some things I’ve been working on lately.
First is this Forest Weave tunic. I think I showed you a piece of it, but this is the finished item. It’s so much fun to make, interesting with the big cables, and the fun of deliberately dropping stitches at the end to make the wavy open spaces. I really liked the Soft Lino I used (some colors arriving this week, others on backorder – sigh), but there are a number of yarns you can use. I think this will be a class in order to get people through the first set of cables, which are a bit tricky, and then to modify the sleeves to whatever you may like, and then to put it together. And if you don’t like to seam, you just need to learn how to do it properly, and then whole worlds of classic patterns open up for you! This piece will make me happy for warm weather; it’s just perfect for summer.
Little Sophie scarves are all the rage for knitters these days, and I think they’re very cute, too. I found a free pattern that is very similar that uses a heavier yarn, which I wanted in order to use up some of the Mistico or Fine Tweed Haze that we used for our Seaway class. Both yarns are very soft alpaca/cotton tweeds with generous yardage. I made some mods (of course!) to use just one ball and I’m very happy with the result (even though I used a neutral that is not particularly flattering on me. There are other very pretty colors but I forgot to take a picture so you’ll just have to come in to see them.) Anyway, this is a pretty gift that’s fun and fast to make, in yarns that are interesting and a bit fluffy – all around a great spring/summer project that doesn’t take a lot of attention or brain power!
I bought some colorful summer yarn, a blend of cotton and soy, washable, good yardage and on sale! I made this simple little top-down tee from it,
and I also think that there are some colorways that would make a really cute baby sweater. If you have a new baby coming somewhere in your life, this would be an another potentially one-ball project that you could consider for spring and summer knitting. Very cute, practical, and inexpensive to boot!
And speaking of spring/summer knitting, I’m just starting on our next schedule of classes and hope to have it done in a couple weeks, so keep an eye on your emails or on the Class Page on our website. Here’s little taste of something Deb is working on:
I love it already!
