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JojiFall2018Kal

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As a designer I don’t often knit other designers work. I have so many projects on the go and trying to write them at the same time that I knit them is time consuming and I have to have my wits about me. But every now and then I want to knit something that I don’t have to think about so I joined a KAL sponsored by one of my favorite designers, Joji Locatelli designs..

I am working on one of her shawl patterns: Jujuy

I went deep into stash to find yarns that will work.
These are skeins of sock yarn that are self striping. It really changes the look of the pattern by adding these stripes, but I’m going with it.

 

 

 

My labor day weekend was filled with lots of great vistas and time for knitting!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Luckily my traveling buddies did the driving and I got to keep on knitting!

 

 

 

 

When I arrived home on Monday – I kept the holiday going and knit some more. . . all the way to where I added the second color.

 

today – It’s back to work knitting my own designs and working on pattern writing.

Happy official fall everyone!

Kim’s Cowl

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My friend Kim gave me some hand spun yarn, a beautiful mix of natural white and grey.

It was about 240 yards and 3.4 oz. . . mmm , I asked myself, “what shall I knit with this?”

I settled on this fun textured stitch cowl.

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A simple knit and purl zig zag pattern.

Find the pattern for sale on Ravelry.

 

New Infinity Scarf design

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picofyarnI’ve finally figured out what to do with this beautiful Rovings, polwarth/silk blend yarn that I’ve had in my stash for years! I love this yarn but just couldn’t come up with a garment I thought would work that I would actually wear for this yarn.

I thought about a pull over – but being a woman of a certain age, I am much more attracted to cardigans.

I thought about a small tank to wear as long underwear. This idea came very close to being the chosen garment, but the yarn is so pretty and I couldn’t see hiding it.

To my taste, it is too flowing and drapey for a vest.

A shawl would have been a very nice garment for this yarn. . .but I just wasn’t satisfied. My last 3 projects have been shawls and I’m ready for something new.

Then I became of a Knit-along sponsored by Twitch and Stitch Podcast titled: CanadaKal.

Now I had a bee in my bonnet get something knit out of this year which I purchased from a Canadian Shepherd!

I’ve always loved infinity scarves because of their wrappability (is that a word) and because when they are not wrapped they are a nice visual accessory. So I decided on an Infinity scarf.

I love traveling stitches, also known as 2 stitch cable work. So I decided to knit this in the round the long way. The texture cable pattern runs horizontally across the scarf instead of the long vertical way. I am so pleased with this! For me it is an easy knit, and I was so ready to just go round and round!

23 inches

Stay tuned for the pattern. I need to finish it by Sept 30 to enter it in the KAL. So look for the pattern shortly after that!

Happy knitting everyone.

 

New white hat

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A friend of mine asked for  a white knit hat to wear during Yoga class. . . that was a while ago and the conference is coming up soon.

here are my thought:

somewhat open stitches

lace – like but not girly lace-like

stretchy

length is to top of ears only – don’t need a brim on this one:)

thinking of faggotting lace or  some such

well – I’m off to knit. I’ll post pictures when it’s done!

 

Love is the Law Cap

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In 2013 Minnesotans voted against the ban for same-sex marriage. Then, Minnesota was the first state in which the citizens voted to give same-sex couples the right to marry. . . the campaign was called “Love is the Law” Then the US Supreme court ruled marriage is a right for ALL couples!

so to honor all those new couples getting married I designed a A new hat pattern and I’m calling in it, “Love is the Law Cap”.

The cable pattern around the brim of the hat looks like intersecting wedding rings.  These hats are uni-sex and perfect for any couple you know getting married!

Find the pattern on my Ravelry page!