Let’s add some colour to this blog in celebration of the first day of spring! It was a beautiful day here in sunny Vancouver. The air was crisp, the ground and flora was greener and the sky bright blue.
As my knitting skills grow, so does my clientele. I knit for a few special people whom I get to know and can appreciate the craft. This hot pink wrap was a custom knit. It is based on the pattern #02 Pompom capelet by Kazekobo from Vogue Knitting Magazine early autumn 2011. I did not do as many cables and omitted the pompoms. I used 1 skein of Mini Maiden 1-ply silk yarn from Hand Maiden Yarns. It was a long delightful knit and the colour was inspiring.
I always have a store sample on the go. This time I chose a crazy sunny colour- totally out of the box bright yellow! This pattern was a top down sweater from Blue Sky Alpacas: Thea’s Pullover. I used the new Techno Yarn, again from BSA. The yarn is made up of alpaca fibers threaded through a silk mesh tube; the advantage is non-pilling, less hot, super soft with a surprisingly minimal halo. A little understated on the skein, this yarn was unpredictably great to work with and I like how it looks as a fabric.
Like everyone else in the knitting world, I too got on the Honey Cowl bandwagon. I chose an electric blue Madelinetosh yarn: Tosh Merino DK colour # fathom. This project was a relaxing no-brainer that kept my interest the whole way through- I could almost make a few more!
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