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On the Bandwagon – Color Affection

05 Monday Nov 2012

Posted by Linden Down in knitting

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blocking, crescent shawl, garter stitch, madelinetosh, shawl, stripes

A few months ago I was browsing on Ravelry and spotted the most amazing shawl; a beautiful combination of colorwork (in stripes!) and a graceful asymmetric crescent. I knew I had found a real gem and seconds later I looked at the project count and realized I was a little bit late to the party and that pretty much everyone else had also discovered this gem. It’s the most recent (in my memory) in the everyone-must-knit-this genre and I totally get it – this pattern is awesome!  It’s the amazing Color Affection by Veera Välimäki.

Despite the shape being so interesting, I knew the color choice was going to be the real star in this project and as soon as I saw the pattern the only thing I could think of was Madelinetosh. I also showed the pattern to Sasha’s mom and then she could only think about knitting it in Madelinetosh too, and luckily we were together so we could go in search of our Madelinetosh almost immediately! I chose tosh sock in a moody palette of grey, purplish-grey, and dark purple (clearly some of my go to colors) and Sasha’s mom chose a beautiful mix of fall colors. (The actual names of my colors were dust bowl, kale and dahlia.)

Color Affection is a lovely pattern, but I’m not going to lie to you and say those final rows don’t get long! However – I’m typically in heaven if I’ve got a sea of garter stitch ahead of me and if you throw in something like color changes to sweeten the deal, it’s perfect. Keeping track of the increases got a little bit tedious, but wasn’t too hard to pay attention to. I did decide (as suggested by many knitters before me) to add a yarn over between the first two stitches that I then dropped on the return row so that the edge wouldn’t get too tight.

I wet blocked my shawl just by laying it out in the shape I wanted on the bed (I wasn’t looking to stretch out the garter stitch that much) and ended up with a lovely shape with these little curls at the end that hang down when I’m wearing the shawl. (This is me trying to get Sophie to come over and be in the picture . . . )

I’m absolutely in love with the finished product and I’ve been wearing it everywhere! There’s actually a lot more fabric to this shawl than my usual go-to’s (these two), so I find it really easy to wear (I’m not worried about it slipping out of place) and super cozy. And did I mention the stripes? I’m such a sucker for stripes! And Madelinetosh . . .

Garter Yoke Cardigan

05 Thursday Mar 2009

Posted by Linden Down in knitting

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garter stitch, homestead, knitting, plymouth, seamless, top down

This is my new favorite item of clothing!  I’ve been wanting to try out the top-down approach for a while, and I couldn’t resist the garter-full yoke of this sweater.  The yarn I decided to use was left-over from the Wedding Blanket for Kristin and Derek – Plymouth Homestead.  I used about 4.5 skeins (~860 yds).  I wasn’t anywhere close to the called for gauge, so (after a bit of math) I decided to make the smallest size, knowing that it should come out to be my size in this yarn.  The only modifications I made: one less raglan increase, and decreasing on the sleeves to make them more fitted at the wrist.  This was such a fun knit!

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I love the neutral color of the yarn, but I wanted to add some interest with bright buttons.  After shopping (a lot) on Etsy for the perfect buttons, I’ve settled on some very cute plastic apple green buttons from BigFish.  She (BigFish) was very helpful – I initially ordered a grab bag of green buttons, needed 6 more of the ones I loved, and BigFish got them to me.  I’m so excited to have exactly the buttons I wanted for this!

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I highly recommend you try this top-down pattern.  The design and the technique are so much fun!  It has inspired me to try out a few top-down pattern designs.  So far I’m really liking what I’ve been able to do with top-down knitting, and can’t wait to share what I’ve come up with!

Pattern: Garder Yoke Cardi from Knit.1 Fall/Winter 2008

Yarn: Plymouth Homestead

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