Category: Knitting
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Cashmere Linen-Stitch Cowl
Cashmere adds just the right touch to Intrepid Tulips Cashmere Sock base to make a lovely, soft fabric. This cowl was knit in the Reykjavik colorway. The pattern is a free ravelry download, the Cupido Cowl by Hiroko Fukatsu. It uses slipped stitches to great effect, adding texture and mixing the colors of the variegated…
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Sunnyside
I started out writing about projects I’ve made with the Intrepid Tulips DK, the Polwarth/Silk blend, but I have made great projects with Sarah’s other yarns as well and today’s project was made with Intrepid Tulips Sock in Wine. The semi-solid shades of ITY Sock are so gorgeous. I used one skein to make this darling baby sweater (size 6-12 months…
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Free Pattern Saturday: Pooled Infinity Scarf
Football season’s starting: the crowds cheer, the players adjust their mouth guards, the commentators comment, the search for game-friendly knitting projects is on! This scarf works up quickly in the round. It’s almost entirely knit in stockinette with a simple picot edge for added interest. It offers a fresh take on variegated yarn, working with…
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Of Barber Poling and Pools
Barber poling and pooling describe two frequent ways in which variegated yarn behaves badly. Of course, “behaving badly” is entirely in the eyes of the beholder, but that’s another story. Barber poling describes one or more yarn colors aligning row after row to form diagonal stripes, and pooling describes great blobs of color formed as…
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Honey Mitts
I had enough yarn leftover from my Kilkenny Cowl to knit up one of my favorite fingerless mitt patterns, Susie Rogers’ Reading Mitts by Susie Rogers, another free Ravelry pattern. I love the picot edge with the eyelet lace. The mitts fit my women’s medium-sized hands well and are fun to knit. Another great pattern match with…
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Knitwear Designs for Intrepid Tulips
Val Love of Dovetail Designs I met knitwear designer Val Love a little more than a year ago at the TNNA Columbus yarn show. We bumped into each other in a loud restaurant after a busy day in the exhibit hall. We exchanged a bit of small talk and business cards. The next morning, with…
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Lace Yarns for Summer
Come take a peek at three new lace yarns to liven up the dog days of summer. Silk and Merino yarns, fresh colors. Come feel the breeze! Each of these new yarns represents a completely different warm weather knitting mood. While they’re each multicolored, the hues are not high contrast, so light summer lace should…
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Kilkenny Cowl
This wool/silk DK project was a custom colorway Sarah named “Honey.” The pattern is the Kilkenny Cowl by Pam Allen and it was a perfect matching of yarn base and design. The subtle variegation gives greater depth to the beautiful lace and cables. One of my all-time favorite cowls.
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Knitting Stitches to Show Off Variegated Yarn
What knitting stitches to apply to that glorious skein of yarn that found you last weekend at your favorite store? If it’s a multicolored hand-painted beauty, that’s far from an idle question. Here’s a little collection of simple, small repeat patterns perfect for things like socks or mittens, where ginormous complicated patterns don’t fit well.…
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Ka’ana Shawlette
This is my favorite project with Intrepid Tulips Wool/Silk dk so far. I used Lamb’s Ear for the main body of the shawl and Louet Gems Sport in Bluebird for the lace portion (though I could have also used Intrepid Tulips Wool/Silk dk in Sapphire.) The Ka’ana Shawlette by Jennifer Weissman is another free Ravelry pattern and…