Back after a busy summer with new freeform coat

I haven’t written for so long! I’ve been busy knitting though!!
I have two sweaters to share with you. One is my freeform “Spring Garden Coat”. My favorite knitting is doing freeform or collage type knitting. Here are pictures of my 4th freeform sweater and my favorite so far!

Spring Garden Coat front
Spring Garden Coat

FINALLY DONE AND PHOTOGRAPHED!!
I really love how this one turned out.
Each swatch in the coat has an embroidered or crocheted flower. I used mostly single crochet and crab stitch pieces in the assembly. The sleeves were knit in one piece (Plymouth Alpaca) from shoulder to cuff and then I cast on some sts (forgot how many already) and worked garter stitch back and forth in different yarns to knit the cuff. When the sleeves were done I embroidered the flowers on them too, and then ran the ends from the different yarns on the cuff up the sleeve in slip stitch crochet.
I didn’t even know I was so “in vogue” but I bought the tagua nut buttons at a local fabric store, and then low and behold they are advertised in the latest issue of Vogue Knitting. Hope you enjoy the photos.

The other item I’ve finished is my “Spoke Yoke Sweater”. I wrote the pattern and it is available on my etsy site.

I worked this up in yarn from Gale Woods. The yellow sweater is one my mom knit as she was testing my pattern. It is the smallest of 7 sizes and she knit hers in Galway Yarn from Plymouth.

My favorite new every day winter sweater!

Ain't this sweet!
Ain't this sweet!

Well, I’ve had enough fun for the morning, chatting. I need to get to work!

I look forward to our comments

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