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Friday, April 20, 2012

Favorite Pattern Friday - Summer Time

Only about two weeks left until summer break!

Even though, I will be busy interning at Stillwater Living Magazine (I'm so excited!) and taking three courses during the summer, I should still have a little bit more time for crafting than usually during a semester. YES!

Time to share some of my favorite summer patterns!

Whole Wheat Cardigan by Alexandra Charlotte Dafoe

Published in Delicious Knits

I'm actually going to knit this cardigan for my mother soon. She will send her kiwi-colored Mille Fili cotton yarn in a few days! By the the it arrives, the Eyelet Pullover I'm currently working on should be long finished. Really looking forward to this one!

Razor Cami by Katie Marcus free!

Available on Ravelry.com

Monteagle Bag by Ann Hahn Buechner free!
Published in Mason-Dixon Knitting Outside the Lines;
also available at the Mason-Dixon Knitting Blog

Semele by Åsa Tricosa

Published in Åsa Tricosa Designs

Laar by Gudrun Johnston

Published in The Shetland Trader-Book 1

My favorite Laar project is NoTailKit's version by far.

It fits perfectly and I love the yarn she picked!

Friday, March 30, 2012

Favorite Pattern Friday - Jared Flood

©Jared Flood Photography

This FPF will be dedicated to one of my favorite designers, Jared Flood.

Jared Flood is a Pacific Northwest native, founder of Brooklyn Tweed, knitwear designer and photographer. His outstanding designs are clean and strong and focus on quality, texture and detail.

Another thing I like about his patterns is that they are mostly worked in the round. As a fan of Elizabeth Zimmermann, who was big on easier, more adjustable 'recipes' rather than line by line patterns, Flood tends to use her construction styles and creates most of his designs to be as seamless as possible.

There was a great two-part article, titled "Going Seamless," by Jared Flood in Vogue Knitting about converting flat-knitted and pieced sweaters to a seamless version, specifically with bottom-up construction. You can read parts of his tutorial online in Vogue Knitting's article archive.

Martina Hecht, a German knitwear designer and writer, had really inspiring interview with him last year; it's available on her website MaschenGold.

Enough said. Time to share some of my favorites!

Tinder

Published in BT FALL 11

Autumn Leaves Stole

Published in Brooklyn Tweed

Umaro

Published in Brooklyn Tweed

Brownstone

Published in Brooklyn Tweed

Pavement

Published in Brooklyn Tweed

Irving

Published in BT FALL 11

Rock Island

Published in Brooklyn Tweed

More of his designs ..

Friday, February 17, 2012

Favorite Pattern Friday - Shawls & Wraps

I love looking at shawl patterns; there are so many beautiful designs out there! I can't wait to finally make one for myself. The only shawl I have made so far was Age of Brass and Steam for Maresa, which wasn't really that spectacular and done in less than two days.. These patterns on the other hand are a little more elaborate and might take a little longer to finish.

Juneberry Triangle by Jared Flood
Published in Brooklyn Tweed

This is my absolute favorite. It's a design by Jared Flood and it's stunning like always.

The texture the yarn creates and the combination of the stitches are gorgeous!

Amelie by Eva Linus free!
Published in Avelinux

This is one of my favorite free patterns. It has relatively easy lace stitches,

but still a really nice design. Unfortunately it's only available in German at the moment.

Henslowe by Beth Kling
Published in Beth Kling's Rav Store

This irresistible pattern by Beth King has just enough lace work to give it a simple but elegant look. I am a huge fan of the yarn color she chose as well!

Have you knit a shawl before?
Show me some pictures!