Yet another Vivid

tin can knits

As soon as I found out I was pregnant with baby number three I started thinking about what I would like to make. This babe will have a lot of hand-me-down knits from Hunter and Jones, a wardrobe of sweaters, booties, and hats. I decided I wanted to make something bright and beautiful so I went to my stash of rainbow Tanis Fiber Arts yarn and cast on for one of my very favorite patterns: Vivid!

I know, it seems really crazy to knit the same blanket twice (I knit this one a little while ago). Especially something with so many of the same square but friends, I am completely and hopelessly in love (obsessed) with this blanket. I have the pattern memorized, I can work a square in an hour or less, and doing each square in a different bright and beautiful hand-dyed color?! Nothing makes me happier. I’m…

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DIY – Virkad bikini

Beautiful Bikini

Vinn sommarens färger av Catania!

Cardigan pattern

Vendulka from Magic with hook and needles

 

Flower cardigan_final

 

 

 

How to start knitting a sweater

KT's Slow Closet

Today is the kickoff of the aforementioned #knittingforhimalong on Instagram — and/or wherever else you’d like it to be. (By all means, comment here, blog about it, whatever works for you! The important thing is to knit .) The previous Bob swatch having been rejected as too textural, I re-swatched in stockinette to make sure we both loved the fabric before ordering the yarn. Which is to say, I don’t have my yarn yet. I ordered it on Monday and am picking it up at the trade show in Indianapolis this weekend. (Thank you, Jocelyn!) But that’s ok, because as we all learn — either the easy way or the hard way — there’s work to be done before the actual knitting begins. So I thought I’d post a little bit* about sweater knitting best practices — and my practices, which are not necessarily the same! — in case anyone…

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