October 27, 2015
I used to be one of those knitters that always had a sweater on their needles. Since having my daughter I’ve set sweater knitting to the side, thinking that I didn’t have the time or concentration to knit garments. That’s still a little true but I’m starting to realise that there are ways round it (like big gauge and intuitive patterns), and I miss having that big pile of knitting on my lap as the nights get colder. Right now I’m wearing the first sweater I’ve made myself in a long time (Silene by Pam Allen, from Loop’s 10), and soon I’m going to swatch for a Apple Cider Donut from the Rhinebeck Sweater. There is such a huge amount of amazing sweater inspiration, so for today I’ve narrowed it down to just a few of my favourite projects from the Rhinebeck Sweater.
This is Zilredolh’s stunning Beekman Tavern by Thea Colman, and the sweater of my dreams. She’s written about her mods in changing from positive to negative ease, and blogged about it here.
NeulistiMNK’s Pumpkin Ale is one I’ve been admiring for a while. She chose a perfect contrast fabric for the pockets too.
Pippin by Gudrun Johnston is another sweater I hope to make this winter, inspired by this lovely one made by StephMarks, called I’ve Got Magic To Do.
Quixotism’s Artichoke French by Laura Nelkin was finished right on time for her to wear to Rhinebeck this year. Such a great colour, (and as a wee note, I’ve just noticed that knitter of the next sweater shown below is her sister!)
And here is spaghettistocking’s Apple Cider Donut by Cecily Glowik MacDonald, also made to wear at Rhinebeck this year.
I love the dramatic palette of luluinvan’s Jenny at the Fair by Mary Jane Mucklestone.
And finally, another beautiful Beekman Tavern, made by mandaw. She has some great swatching tips and notes on her project page, along with lots more smiley photos!
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Tombreck - a free chevron beanie pattern
Working the brioche neck detail on the Polwarth sweater
Decorative Channel Island Cast-on
3 Easy Stretchy Bind-offs (p2tog bind-off; k2togtbl, k1 bind-off; Jeny's surprisingly stretchy bind-off)
Tubular Bind-off for brioche stitch
Paired increase methods compared
Brioche stitch double decreases
How to Knit in the round using Magic Loop
How to Knit in the round using DPNs
Avoiding ears when binding off
Tighter purl stitches for neater cables and ribbing
Cabling without a cable needle
Understanding "continue in pattern"
Joining the body and sleeves on a seamless bottom up sweater
How to pick a garment without a model for you (specifically addresses finding garment patterns when your gender identity isn't represented and the styles you want to knit might not be sized to fit your body)
How does ease affect inclusive size ranges?
Identifying and fixing mistakes in lace knitting
Getting started with stranded colourwork
Understanding colour dominance
Working stranded colourwork over small circumferences
Decreases in stranded colourwork
Holding the yarn for stranded colourwork
Ladderback Jacquard (a neat way to deal with long floats)
Cabling without a cable needle
Cabling without a cable needle on the wrong side
How to knit cabled decreases
Closed ring cable increases and decreases
How to work brioche stitch in the round
How to begin your first large cross stitch project
How to finish a cross stitch project with an embroidery hoop frame
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