Happy New Year! ....while it's been a little quiet from me blog wise, I
have been doing quite a bit of knitting since the holidays (for myself!). So, unlike some of my past posts where I've just talked about projects I wanted to be working on, I actually have some show and tell!
Aidez, a free pattern from Berrocco, yep free... A pleasure to knit with a combination of different cables along the fronts and back. Fits beautifully, it definitely brought me back to sweater knitting mode. I'm SO happy about that, because there are some new, really beautiful cabled sweater patterns floating around, and if you haven't browsed through the latest Vogue issue, you may want to, some of the designs are really sweet... My favorite is #9, that's next after my Snowbird...
I've had my eye on this
Malabrigo Twist in Applewood for quite some time now, and I'm so happy I chose it after all, despite my mentioning on my project page that I might have had to dye this sweater a darker color. My project details are here on
ravelry... Believe it or not, this sweater knits up easily and rather quick. One of the knitters here in the shop knit it along with me (she beat me... but I was knitting other things along the way lol), she knit hers out of
Terra in Shale... So gorgeous....
In the middle of knitting Aidez, I whipped up
Cladonia, a recent design from our dear friend
Through The Loops.... I love the lace edging and my ever favorite
Road to China Light knits up like a dream...... This shawl is another fabulous quick knit, I want one in a solid color now, maybe in one of these new Madelinetosh merino light colors (that I have yet to upload onto the website).......
Now, I'm about to start the sleeves on my
Snowbird, a design by
Heidi Kirrmaier. It's a top down, loose fitting cozy sweater that I can not wait to finish and wear! I'm knitting it out in Terra's new Black Locust Bark. If you're looking for a mindless knit, this is just that. I'll make sure I blog my finished project! Back to knitting and back to blogging for sure. Oh, and if you love the luxurious fibers of The Fibre Company like I do, make sure you swing by and grab a copy of the Latest Knitscene, there are a few patterns in this new issue that you'll love. Happy knitting everyone!
