Feeling hungover from a wine-fuelled night yesterday so drinking copious amounts of coffee to get me through today and my 2-hour driving lesson. Luckily my French instructor doesn't understand English enough to be shocked at my swearing at roundabouts and busy junctions...On to pleasanter things - inspiration for new projects this autumn. I'm going to attempt socks as my LYS stocks beautiful self-patterning fairisle style sock yarn. Ever on the hunt for that elusive perfect, chunky (but not bulky) winter jumper, I came across this (below).
I love the roll-neck with the buttons. One of the reasons I persevere with knitting is, with the hope, one day to be able to craft exquisite, intricate, one-off creations. If I’m brave enough, I'm envisaging attempting something like these two tops, below. The picture of the stripey gilet from the Rowan ‘tribal' collection doesn't show up very well, but I love the colours and the detail. (You can click on it to make it bigger, though.) I'm also dying to know how to make the knitted flowers that feature on the other jumper. My last attempt at a jumper was a disastrous mess, not least because I was given a pattern size too small and I bought the wool in Paris, too far away for me to pop over and buy more, so it remains stuffed in a bag at the bottom of my yarn basket, a reminder of an expensive mistake and awaiting more wool so I can add on a ribbed bottom, a roll neck and ribbed cuffs in a vain attempt to lengthen the bloody thing.
The patterns are from Rowan magazines – the jumper is an older catalogue (36), the others from the latest edition. I found it here at ethknits, a UK site that sells magazines, patterns and yarns. At least I have knitting inspiration - if only I had similar inspiration for the week’s family meals...
I love the roll-neck with the buttons. One of the reasons I persevere with knitting is, with the hope, one day to be able to craft exquisite, intricate, one-off creations. If I’m brave enough, I'm envisaging attempting something like these two tops, below. The picture of the stripey gilet from the Rowan ‘tribal' collection doesn't show up very well, but I love the colours and the detail. (You can click on it to make it bigger, though.) I'm also dying to know how to make the knitted flowers that feature on the other jumper. My last attempt at a jumper was a disastrous mess, not least because I was given a pattern size too small and I bought the wool in Paris, too far away for me to pop over and buy more, so it remains stuffed in a bag at the bottom of my yarn basket, a reminder of an expensive mistake and awaiting more wool so I can add on a ribbed bottom, a roll neck and ribbed cuffs in a vain attempt to lengthen the bloody thing.
The patterns are from Rowan magazines – the jumper is an older catalogue (36), the others from the latest edition. I found it here at ethknits, a UK site that sells magazines, patterns and yarns. At least I have knitting inspiration - if only I had similar inspiration for the week’s family meals...
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Happy Knitting!