Archives for May 2019

Next up:

Kenmare, designed by Martin Storey, knit from Rowan SoftKnit Cotton, another great yarn sadly discontinued by Rowan. It appears that I will be spending the summer knitting with discontinued Rowan yarns. But I’m not bitter . . .

I am using the “Aged Rose” colorway, which coincidentally is the color used to knit the sample.

I have the back done.

And the front will be done today or tomorrow.

It’s a fun and easy pattern, very easy to memorize. It’s patterned with traditional gansey motifs and I am a sucker for a traditional gansey, so I am enjoying every minute of this.

Loki says “Relax!”

I finished my Hearten project last weekend.

It actually took a fair amount more yarn than the project called for — by well over 100 yards. And I made the sleeves a bit shorter than the pattern directs.

I also left off the eyelet edging on the sleeve cuffs as I did not like the look of it. I’m very pleased with the results — it’s a very cute, nicely designed sweater!

And Loki is just as pleased — can’t you tell?

I now have the two side fronts of Hearten completed.

The pattern has you assemble the pieces and then pick up the stitches to knit the front bands, then knit the neckband. As I sometimes like to do, I’ve changed the order in which I do things.

I picked up and knit the front bands on each side front before assembling the sweater.

That makes things much more portable, as I only have one side front hanging off the needles as I knit the front band.

Then I joined the shoulders and knit the neckband.

And I started a sleeve:

And Loki is standing by, ready to assist!