Author: Cayenne
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Clapotis
I was listening to a podcast by Helen Stewart (Curious Handmade) and she was doing an interview with Amy Singer of knitty.com. Amy mentioned Clapotis as one of their most popular patterns and I realized I had never knit it. I do not generally jump on a design band wagon, but when a pattern is…
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Stevenson Gaunlets
This one was not a free pattern, but is from the Colours of Shetland pattern book by Kate Davies and is worth every dollar I spent on it. I used Intrepid Tulips wool/silk DK in Apricot Tart and Dulce de Leche as well as some gray Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift. The Stevenson Gauntlets was a fun pattern and I really like…
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Raspberry Shawl
Lizzie Bennet’s Shawlette by Annie Riley is a gorgeous pattern that makes a wonderful shawl, especially if it is knit out of two skeins of Intrepid Tulips Bamboo Frost in Razz. Bamboo Frost is another beautiful yarn I can’t say enough good about. From the Intrepid Tulips shop description (Sarah says it so much better than I…
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Piper’s Journey
More Wool/Silk dk, this time in the Razz colorway. This is Piper’s Journey by Paula Emons-Fuessle and it is a beautiful design, made even better knit in this gorgeous yarn. It’s a crescent-shaped garter shawl with an easy-to-memorize lace border. You can make it whatever size you prefer. I used one and two-thirds skeins of Intrepid Tulips…
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Winter Solstice Cowl
You may be getting tired of hearing about how much I adore Intrepid Tulips Wool/Silk DK, but I am not tired of telling you about it. This colorway is “Winter Solstice” and it is a gorgeous blend of grays and purples. I was rifling through one of Sarah’s yarn bins recently and knew I had to get…
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Socks at a Retreat
I knit the first sock of this pair at the Fiber Outlaws Spring Retreat a month ago. It was held in Roosevelt, Utah, so it was a bit of a drive, but worth it. The pattern is Socks on a Plane by Laura Linneman and is a free Ravelry download. It was a well-written pattern…
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Juneberry in Apricot Tart
My local yarn shop closed earlier this year, but some of us still get together to knit. This fall we decided to do a Knit Along with Jared Flood’s Juneberry. I knew right away that I wanted to use Intrepid Tulips Wool/Silk DK in Apricot Tart. It was the perfect yarn. It has a rustic…
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Pooled Infinity Scarf in Campfire
I was very interested in Sarah’s new pattern, the Pooled Infinity Scarf. After meeting up with Sarah and obtaining a skein of Intrepid Tulips Sock in Campfire, I cast on right away. I had to go up two needle sizes to get vertical striping and it took me several rows to learn how to change my tension…
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A Smattering of Hand Knit Hats
These three hand knit hats were my own design based off the Houzuki Hat (previously posted here). I used half a skein each of Intrepid Tulips wool/silk DK in Dark Orchid, a beautiful, rich purple, Dulce de Leche, a creamy caramel, and Apricot Tart, a lovely peach. I really love hats that have a band of…
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Orchid Cowl
This was also not a free pattern, but is a lovely design–the Norby hat by Gudrun Johnston . I use the half skein leftover from my Drip Line Hat and just knit until the yarn was gone. The pattern calls for fingering weight yarn, so the ITY wool/silk DK knit up at a looser gauge, but the…