Heathcote Road - make something beautiful

17Apr 2018 by cablegirl No Comments

GreyScape, another sock weight jumper in progress.

Not So Crazy GreyScape, in progress What's on the needles just now? This. Another sock weight jumper, of course. I wear these all the time! This is based on the Not So Crazy Stripes pullover by the talented Alfa Knits. I've made two already and find that they fit very well. I don't usually buy sweater quantities of yarn, opting rather for 50 or 100 g of a colour at any given time. Luckily, when you love certain shades there is a good chance that you can cobble together a garment quantity with only a few additions. This is one of the ramdom palettes that was almost enough. Twelvehundred (1200) metres or three balls of sock yarn is enough for a 3/4 to long sleeve version for me. Size 34/36.…

27Mar 2018 by cablegirl No Comments

A Chimera in Needlepoint, la Bucherie

Needlepoint

A return to needlepoint : Tapisseries de la Bucherie. When we were in Paris last year, I made a concerted effort to find local wool and yarn shops. Yarn tourism is a thing, apparently. Turns out it is a really good way to see some parts of a city one may otherwise miss. More about that, and the shops I found, on another day. Right now I have desire to return to needlepoint. In my google search for yarn shops I found the Tapisseries de la Bûcherie This is one of the most brilliant shops in Paris, for those who love beautiful things made by hand. The shop, unlike many craft related shops, was in a popular tourist area of the city. A stone's throw from the Cathedral Notre Dame, actually. This treasure trove…

14Mar 2018 by cablegirl No Comments

Garri jumper in Alafoss and Lettlopi

Knitting

An Iceladic Lopi Jumper; for my Love. After being away for almost a decade, our resistance to the extreme temperatures of Winnipeg has apparenetly diminished, a bit.Time for a Lopi jumper. My love, has particular tastes when it comes to clothing. Plain and dark colours, are usually preferred. To my great surprise, when he saw this pattern, Garri, designed by Védís Jónsdóttir, as I was combing Ravelry for bulky stranded knits, he said 'I would wear that'. Well, that is all the encouragement I needed!I chose almost identical colours to the model, they're his favourites, anyways. It was a super quick knit, only took me about 11 days. I could have had this done in a week, but there were a couple of hiccoughs when it came to the placket, as written,…

13Mar 2018 by cablegirl No Comments

Paper Hearts Chart is available!

Knitting

The Chart for my Paper Hearts version of the Paper Dolls jumper, by the brilliant Kate Davies is available for free as a .pdf download on Ravelry! Click here to access the pattern. Due to popular demand, I am sharing this yoke pattern that I created for my version of Kate Davies’ Paper Dolls jumper. You will need to purchase the Paper Dolls pattern from Kate Davies Designs in order to make the garment. The chart on this page is the same size as the original Paper Dolls chart, however, the second and third decreases (rows 30 and 33) are off-set to accommodate the colourwork. A larger chart is on the second page along with helpful notes. Details of my modifications can be found on my Ravelry page here. You…

21Feb 2018 by cablegirl No Comments

Paper Hearts finished!

Knitting

My Paper Hearts jumper is finished! And I love it! It has been named The Wizard of Awesomeness! The pattern is the well loved Paper Dolls by Kate Davies. I wrote another post about this jumper here. The Joma Sock-A-Rino yarn, the main colour, is gorgeous and blocked beautifully. The colour is 'Wizard of Awesome'. It almost goes without saying the the Yarns of Rhichard Devrieze, which I used for the colour-work is fabulous. I used two shades of Peppino: 'The B Boy' and 'A Bunch of 1'. The yarns are bouncy and comfortable. It fits like a dream and is so soft against the skin. Actually, the Joma Sock-A-Rino is probably the most comfortable true sock yarn (75 % Merino/25% nylon) that I've used for jumpers so far. I am so…