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Stella

12 Friday Apr 2013

Posted by Linden Down in knitting

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baby sweater, cardigan, estelle, pattern, stella

Stella by Linden Down

Meet Stella, a baby Estelle! For a while now I’ve thought that, or course, Estelle would be pretty cute as a baby sweater and when I came up with calling the baby sweater Stella . . . well, it had to be done!

DSC_0300Stella has a slightly different shape than Estelle, with a more pulled in neckline (although the neck is still wide, mostly because I assume babies don’t like tight collars). The sweater is worked from the top down with a round yoke. The pattern is designed to be worn with two to three inches of positive ease. Stella comes in five sizes: 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months with finished chest measurements of 20 (21, 22, 23, 24)”/ 51 (53.5, 56, 58.5, 61) cm.

DSC_0293I’ve knit Stella in a wonderful fingering weight yarn from Sweet Fiber Yarns called Super Sweet Sock. The yarn is an 80% superwash merino, 20% nylon blend and comes in some lovely colors (I went with Bloom for the sample). The gauge for Stella is 7 sts/ 9 rows per inch in stockinette stitch. You would need approximately 305 (370, 450, 490, 545) yds fingering weight yarn, so 1 (1, 2, 2, 2) skein(s) if you’re going with Super Sweet Sock.

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Stella is available for 6.50 (USD) as a download in my Ravelry Store or through Paypal.  Just click below!

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Jacqueline

27 Tuesday Nov 2012

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buttons, cardigan, pattern, retro

I am so excited to be releasing my newest pattern, a retro double-breasted cardigan called Jacqueline! I think the inspiration for the name is pretty obvious – I was definitely going for a vintage Jackie O look.

The body and sleeves of Jacqueline are knitted from the bottom up and joined at the underarms to work a traditional raglan yoke. A turned hem is worked at the bottom of the sleeves and body to create a clean edge. Twisted ribbing travels up the front of the sweater and six buttons make the closure. A fold-over collar (worked seamlessly from the body) gives a sweet and cozy finish to the sweater. Three-quarter length sleeves make this a fall appropriate garment, but could easily be lengthened for colder weather.

The pattern is offered in nine sizes, ranging from a finished bust measurement of 32 to 64 inches. The sweater was designed to be worn with 2″ of positive ease at the bust. Jacqueline calls for a worsted or aran weight yarn and I used Lorna’s Laces Worsted Solid in Pine for mine. The required gauge is 18 sts/24 rows per 4″ in Stockinette stitch and 24 sts/24 rows per 4″ in twisted 1×1 rib. At such a large gauge, this sweater knits up very quickly!

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Sabbatical

31 Monday May 2010

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cardigan, connnie chang chinchio, elsebeth lavold, sabbatical, sweater

Hello again!  It’s been forever since I got to share some of my knitting world with you – and that has been for multiple reasons.  1.  Sabbatical took me a long time to knit, and I wasn’t working on much else in the meantime (although, truth be told, I’ve been finished knitting and had Sabbatical blocked for a little while now . . . there were just so many ends to weave in that I procrastinated) 2.  I’ve had a couple of false starts on other knitting projects lately, one because of a bad color choice and one because of a bad gauge choice and 3.  I’ve been overly busy (in my opinion) lately, what with wedding planning and worrying myself to tears (literally sometimes) over things for school.  The knitting stars have just not aligned lately, but I’m starting to feel like the natural order of things is being restored and that I’ll be able to get back to regular updates!

And let’s start back up with a whopper of a finished object – my Sabbatical cardigan, from a lovely pattern by Connie Chang Chinchio in Twist Collective Winter 2009 !  I am in loooooooooove with this sweater and I want to wear it everywhere (even though it’s almost June . . . in Oklahoma . . . ).

I think the color of the yarn (Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool) is so pretty.  I think the fit of the sweater is so flattering (I love the long, flared shape and the slim sleeves).  I think the lace pattern is so gorgeous and the finishing on the collar is just perfect.  And I’m not the only one – Mom happens to think that Sabbatical looks wonderful on her (which it definitely does!) and has already started trying to convince me that I’m ready to take on another one of these for her soon.  : )

Although knitting Sabbatical is definitely a commitment, I would recommend the pattern for almost anyone.  The instructions are clear, and it’s obvious that Connie thought about every single aspect of the sweater during the design process.  I think the little details are what make this sweater look so lovely – I love the little row of purl bumps on the collar.  The only changes I made to the pattern as written were to 1. knit the body in one piece up to the armholes (my standard modification for sweaters like this – I just really, really don’t like seaming) and 2. I discontinued the lace pattern on the edges of the sleeves (i.e. the underside when they’re sewn together).  I simply did this because I had made some mistakes in the lace pattern on the body while doing increases/decreases there and I wanted to save myself the trouble.  I think the sleeves would look lovely with allover lace, but I don’t think having the solid stockinette on the sleeves disrupts the look of the sweater and I will do it that way again when I (one day) make one for Mom.  Ok, senior picture time:

I knitted Sabbatical on size US3 needles even though the Silky Wool calls for 6’s mostly because I know I’m a really loose knitter.  I really like how the lace motif looks in the Silky Wool, and that the small variations in the yarn give it an almost tweedy-look.  And I’ve still got some of the Silky Wool from my Stitches stash left, so I get to knit something else with it!  : )

And because I’ve just learned that you can share your pages from Ravelry with non-members, here’s the link to my Sabbatical project.  Maybe seeing the set up will recruit some hold-outs to join the wonderful world of Ravelry!

As a parting look – here is me and Hugo right before I got a big fat kiss on my cheek!

Poor Stockinette

23 Tuesday Feb 2010

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cardigan, knitting olympics, lace, ravelympics

This space has been seriously neglected in recent weeks, and I only have one excuse – lighting! That’s right, I blame light for my lack of blog posts because it hasn’t been around lately for me to take pictures. I can’t make it home before it’s too dark for photos, and although it’s been sunny during the week, each weekend seems to bring back gray cloudy skies, cold temperatures and even a little bit of rain! Total bummer when you really want to take some knitting pictures to share with your friends.

So I’ve decided that, in the absence of new pictures, I will just give you an update on what I’m doing and continue to stockpile handknits to show later (once I can find some natural light)! : )

Since opening ceremonies for the Olympics, I’ve been working on Sabbatical by Connie Chang Chinchio (Twist Collective Winter 2009) in my Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool from Stitches.

photo from Twist Collective

I really like the combination of the lace pattern and the yarn, but, man, is it slow going for me! This is a pretty complicated lace pattern (you even have to think a little bit on the wrong side!), and I’m using small needles (US 3). Combine this with the fact that I cast on the wrong number of stitches about 50 million times (ok, 4 times, but it felt like more), and the result is me only having about 10 inches of the body finished (I’m knitting fronts and back all at once) – which is way less than I should have if this project was going to be finished by the end of the Olympics. Oh yeah, did I forget to mention that I started knitting this sweater as part of the Knitting Olympics and Ravelympics? I. Am. Delusional.

Despite all of my setbacks, I’m still really excited about this sweater and I can’t wait to wear it. The lace pattern is gorgeous and I love the generous length.  Here’s a sneak peek in the best lighting I could manage (I promise it will look different after blocking) . . .

Estelle

03 Sunday Jan 2010

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cardigan, estelle, pattern

My grandmother, Estelle, has always loved flowers. Her favorite color has always been red. I have to admit that when I first conceived of Estelle, I didn’t have my grandmother in mind – but once all the pieces of the design came together for me, I knew that Estelle was the perfect name.

Estelle, or as I sometimes like to call her – flower yoke cardi, is a top-down round-yoke cardigan.  The sweater is knit in an aran weight yarn, so the knitting goes very fast.  A large lace flower motif around the yoke and the slightly bloused sleeves make this a feminine cardigan with a little bit of whimsy.

The neck of the sweater is wide, and you increase almost immediately to the stitches for the flower motif.  Once you’re past the yoke, the knitting of the body and sleeves is quite simple – just a little bit of waist shaping and some decreases at the sleeve cuffs.

The gauge for the pattern is 17 sts/ 4 inches in Stockinette stitch.  Although the pattern is written at an aran gauge, I think that it would also look nice in a smaller gauge with more repeats of the petals.  The flower motif instructions are charted as well as written out line-by-line.

The pattern is available for 6.50 (USD) as a download in my Ravlery Store or through Paypal.  Just click below!  And if you do decide to knit Estelle, I always appreciate feedback!

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Nimbus

14 Thursday May 2009

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cardigan, nimbus, peruvia quick

After knitting up a few things I couldn’t (and still can’t) share, I wanted a really quick project that I could finish and wear before the cold, rainy days of spring are gone. [Side note: I ran out of yarn on the secret wedding present!!! I bought an extra skein just in case, and I still ran out!!! Luckily, Webs had another skein for me, and now the secret present is all finished.  We had a photo shoot this afternoon and I hope to share the pictures soon!]. My quick project was Nimbus, by the Berroco design team. I knit it exactly as the pattern called for – Berroco Peruvia Quick, Gris Morengo colorway.  This knit was so quickly finished (two evenings in front of the TV), that it didn’t even make it to “On the Needles” on the sidebar –>

Model pose:

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I really like the finished product, it reminds me of some of the collars I saw at J.Crew during the winter.  Nimbus is a cropped cardigan, but I found it to be a little too cropped for my taste.  I knit the body length that the pattern called for, thinking the whole time that it looked a little too short.  At the end (surprise!) it was too short, but after blocking ’til it could be blocked no more, I’ve increased the length from the underarm from 8″ to about 12″.  Much better!

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I really like this little cardigan – I think it will be great for throwing on on those chilly in the morning/hot in the afternoon days.  And it has a generous helping of garter stitch, which is always a plus in my book.

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It’s been raining here in Oklahoma for about 35168798354 days, but we had some sun yesterday afternoon so I was able to snap a few photos.  I had almost a whole ball of yarn left over so I decided to start another Baby Sophisticate for little Cole.  Using such I bulky yarn it is coming out much bigger than the orignal – which was my plan so that he can wear it in the fall. :-)

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