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Winter 2012 Twist Collective – Zenith

20 Tuesday Nov 2012

Posted by Linden Down in knitting

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Photo copyright Carrie Bostick Hoge and Twist Collective

My very first pattern published in twist collective! I’m still pretty giddy from the whole thing, even though the pattern was accepted months ago and I’ve had to keep my quiet about it for, like, ever. When I sent in my submission, I had actually already worked up the pattern and knitted a sweater for myself, but I also sent in a picture of my swatch and my sketch.
You can see that as the pattern evolved from the sketch I decided not to make the collar quite as deep and I shortened the ribbing on the sleeves a bit.  After the pattern was accepted, a few more changes were made in the next version and now we have Zenith! My main inspiration for the sweater was the super-trendy chevron thing that is going on right now and I wanted to repeat that pattern for a subtle texture all over the cardigan. I was also going through a vertical twisted ribbing phase when I designed this sweater and you know I can never resist a shawl collar.

I started with figuring out how I wanted to work the chevrons, and I settled on a simple purl bump pattern. It took me a while to decide exactly how to do the ribbed collar because I needed the edge to look nice on both sides since it would be folded over. I finally decided to go with an i-cord edge that is worked simultaneously with the body.

As for the construction of the sweater, it is knit in 5 pieces (6 if you count the belt) and seamed. The sleeves are set in, and the shoulder seams are finished using a three-needle bind off. The ribbing for the collar is worked past the shoulder (imagine you place the shoulder stitches on a holder and then continue to knit only the ribbing so that you will have a strip of ribbing that extends past the shoulders) on both sides, then the collar pieces are joined at the center back neck with kitchener’s stitch and finally the whole collar is sewn to the back neck. I know that’s a long explanation, but I promise it makes sense as you’re doing it!

I’m so excited about this pattern and I really hope people like it and enjoy knitting it! The pattern is written for nine sizes, ranging from 34 3/4″ to 67 3/4″ bust. The yarn I used for the twist sample was the lovely elann.com Peruvian Sierra Aran in Plum Heather (be sure to check out the yarn website where Zenith is the featured pattern for this yarn and there is another picture of the sweater!) If you’d like to take a look at even more pictures, head on over to the pattern page on twist collective. And don’t forget to look at the other amazing patterns in this issue!

Photo copyright Carrie Bostick Hoge and Twist Collective

Tweedy Hawthorne

29 Monday Oct 2012

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crescent shawl, scarf, shawl, tweed, twist collective

A couple of Christmases ago my friend Kristen gifted me two skeins of a very pretty purple tweed that she got on her trip to Ireland. It took me a while to figure out exactly what I wanted to do with it, but eventually I came to the realization that it was meant to be a Hawthorne. Hawthorne is a gorgeous shawl pattern from twist collective that has a shallow semi-circular shape and just looks so cozy with lace and garter stitch. Both the pattern and the yarn had been percolating around my head for a while with me not quite sure what to do with either until one day it all came together and I realized my Irish Donegal tweed was perfect for this lovely pattern.

This shawl has an interesting construction – you cast on at the lace edge, work the lace section and then use short rows to create the semicircular shape. The pattern is very well written and easy to follow, but, through no fault of the pattern, it gave me tons of trouble because I didn’t have quite enough yarn to complete the garter stitch section as written, but I wanted to use every bit of it – which means I reknitted that section, like, five times to try to get a combination that gave me enough yarn to finish, but still had the deepest garter stitch section possible. I literally had no yarn left over! After casting off, I had maybe one and a half inches to weave in!

I love this shawl, it is so cozy and the yarn softened up quite a bit after blocking. The different construction of the shawl was really fun – this was my first of the new super popular crescent shaped shawls. I really love the shape and I think it is ideal for casually looping around your neck a couple of times. Very, very pretty. Thanks for the yarn Kristen!

New Issue of the Twist Collective!!

11 Wednesday Mar 2009

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Ok, this might be old news to some, but I just visited the site today.

My new to-knit list:

Ardent Jacket by Kat Coyle

Grant Park Pullover by Salena Lee

Little Liza Jane by Alison Green Will

I love new patterns!

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