Aqua turquoise blue

Cabled sweater project that took me way too long to finish. Though I quite like how the neckline turned out.

Knitted with Bendigo Woollen Mills 8ply Luxury, 2.7 balls, size S.

WIP - Madelinetosh winter knits

I am not good at finishing anything at the moment but I keep to casting on enthusiastically. Here is what I am working on. Cowl, cardigan and sweater all in various stages of development.

WIP Rosamund's cardigan

Between kindergarten start, rain and other quite fundamental changes in life I have neglected blog posts in the past month. My apologies. Now things are settled down and I am happy to show photos of one of my current projects. That is Rosamund's cardigan. I am knitting it for another Ravelry lady from Madelinetosh Erin Heritage Wool Series 100% wool. Yarn is pretty, grey colour shades are amazing but it feels as real wool. As I have heard it gets softer after wash so it should be all right for a cardigan that will not be worn next to skin anyway.

Purple cardigan

This is the cardigan I have been working on this week for a lovely fellow Australian Raveler. Buttons are preliminary until the right buttons arrive and I am about size smaller than the person cardigan is knitted for. Hopefully fit will be better for the real cardigan owner.

Christmas gift

Rather late to report Christmas knitting but somehow I didn't get to posting photos earlier. This Christmas gift was for two little girls and two of their most favourite dolls. Each one got booties, cardigan or sweater and skirt, of which I couldn't take photo as it was reported missing just couple days after Christmas.

Cabled sweater

Warm, cabled, traditional heirloom hand knitted sweater :)

Set of 2 cardigans

This was particularly enjoyable custom order for two little girls. My girls are about the same age so they tried the cardigans on (being very careful not to damage them in any way!) Kids can wear almost anything and still look cute.

WIP this Sunday

Here is what I have been working on this weekend. It is a short sleeved Butterfly cardigan similar to this. Hope to get it done by tomorrow.

Stripey contiguous jacket

Of course, I had to try this new top-down construction. Top-down or bottom-up raglans so far are the seamless methods I mostly use although those set certain limitations to designs. So I was keen to find another way to knit seamlessly. I really liked contiguous method, in spite of the first not-so-successful jacket I made using this method. I should have done some more serious calculations before starting, especially regarding sleeve increases. As always, urge to start project was stronger than fear to face mistakes afterwards.

Ah, and this project is made with recycled yarn. I frogged my wool blend mittens, hat and scarf set to reuse the yarn. I realized I wouldn't have ever worn those again and colours were just right for my little miss wardrobe.

Traditional run-away shot at the end of pictures ;)

Version of Herbivore

My version of Stephen West's Herbivore shawl. Used Sanguine Gryphon Skinny Bugga! sock yarn scraps, total about 100g.

Red Berry Cardigan

This cardigan is knit with twisted knit stitches in most part of the back and throughout the sleeves. A bit tricky on wrong side rows, but easy in sleeves which are knitted in the round. Construction is top down raglan with a bit of modifications in shoulders.

Cardigan is completely seamless. Thanks to a lot of ribbing used and cables it is really stretchy and would fit a child for a long time, several seasons for sure. In the pictures it is modelled by almost 3 year old and nearly 5 year old. Fits well both just have to adjust sleeve length.

Used Bendigo Woolen Mills 100% wool Classic yarn, shade Red Berry, a bit less than 2 balls. I start to like Classic yarn despite it is crepe not plied construction I prefer. It is soft yet durable and machine washable. Good for kids garments.