Sometimes I wish that designing knitting patterns took more knitting and less, well, everything else.
You see that chart up there? I’m irrationally proud of it because I’ve spent the last three days working on it. Making this chart involved teaching myself a new software program (Inkscape, which if you’re not familiar, is a freeware version of vector programs like Illustrator) and then staring at my monitor while copying each little square, referring back to my hand-drawn chart and the actual knitted mitten the whole time. [continue reading …]
So back at Rhinebeck, I bought to skeins of this incredible Transitions yarn from Gypsy Girl Creations and have been working on plain stockinette socks with it over the last few days, as a “palette cleanser” project. I am completely mesmerized by the changing color on this yarn, and wish I knew how the artist created it! So unusual.
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Last night I finished knitting this second Eldridge hat and washed it, leaving it to block dry overnight. This morning, it was all ready for its debut!
For this second hat, I used Malabrigo Worsted instead of the Madelinetosh, and the result is a squishier, drapier hat. The Vintage has more body and therefore flops down a bit less than the Malabrigo, but the difference doesn’t matter much for the design.
The color I used is Rattan (color number 504), which is a really pretty straw yellow with almost no color variation. I wanted to see the hat in an almost-solid color so that the lace would really shine through, which I think it really does in this one!
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I was in Knitty City recently and fell in love with a skein of Madelinetosh ToshVintage in the color Celadon. It told me immediately that it wanted to be a slouchy lace hat (what? don’t tell me that yarn doesn’t talk to you this way!) and before I knew it, I had sketched, swatched, and finished this design!
I’ve decided to name it Eldridge, after one of the streets in my neighborhood here in NYC, and today I’m releasing it into the wild. I hope you like it!
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by Ivete Tecedor on January 18, 2012
in Koigu
Thank you all for the warm welcome and positive feedback on my new pattern, the Freemans Alley Mitts!
I’ve been wearing mine constantly (it’s been crazy cold here in NYC, it was 16 degrees out on Monday! Brrrr!!!) and am really enjoying them. I find myself pulling them on indoors to wear while knitting and typing, and they’re working out perfectly for that in my drafty old apartment.
Today I’m happy to announce that I’ve put together kits for the three-color version of the mitts, and they’re now available for purchase!
Each kit has 3 mini-balls of Koigu, enough to make the mitts in size Small or Medium (and the Large if you make them a few rows shorter). Kits are only $16 each, instead of the $42 you’d spend if you bought three full skeins of each color of Koigu.
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