One of the most fun parts of being a designer is seeing how others interpret your designs. Here are a few of my favorite finished objects (FOs) of late, with a focus on cozy sweaters and comfy couches!
Caiterly - Knit by srblipscomb
Willamette Coat - knit by TIcheek
Alaria - knit by wmcurella
Alaria - knit by StephanieArrese
Cresting Waves Shawl - knit and dyed(!) by kquinnschroeder
Summer Rain Shawl - knit by maplebuttermom
Fleet Fox - knit by littlelena
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Sweetly feminine with all the right details, Caiterly is adorned with delicate cables against reverse stockinette. Leah B. Thibault's bottom-up raglan cardigan is worked in Cleaner Cotton™ Willet resulting in a medium-weight sweater to go with any and every last thing in your closet, from borrowed boyfriend jeans to sundresses.
Shown in size 33” / 84 cm with 1” / 2.5 cm negative ease
Bust Circumference: 31¼ (33, 34¾, 38, 40¾, 42½, 45, 46¾)" [79.5 (84, 88.5, 96.5, 103.5, 108, 114.5, 118.5) cm]
Yarn:8 (8, 9, 10, 10, 11, 12, 12) skeins of Willet by Quince & Co in Sail (701)(100% cleaner cotton; 160yd [146m]/50g)
Needles:32" circular in sizes US 4 and 5 [3.5 and 3.75 mm] / set dpns in sizes US 4 and US 5 [3.5 and 3.75 mm]
Gauge: 26 sts and 35 rows = 4”/10 cm in reverse St st on larger needles
Learn more about Caiterly in the Chronicles
Photos © Pam Allen
A traditional triangle shawl featuring a flowing series of lace patterns. Inspired by the undulating forms of seaweed and the summer chills that result from overly air-conditioned offices.
Shawl begins at the long edge and ends at the point. The lace patterns used only have the yo’s and dec’s on the RS rows and all the WS rows are purled. Pattern includes both charted and row by row instructions.
Shawl size can be increased by completing additional 24-row repeats of lace patterns #1 and/or #2. Any modifications may necessitate more yarn.
- 52 “ wingspan, 25” depth
- 430-500 yds of Fingering weight yarn, sample shown in Quince & Co. Tern in Seagrass 143
- 24-inch circular needle, US 6 - 4.0 mm
- 19 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches in lace pattern #1 blocked open
Learn more about the Alaria Shawl in the Chronicles
Photos © Carrie Bostick Hoge
As a child, I dreamed of summer storms.
Growing up in northern California, my summers consisted of soaking my swimsuit in the sprinkler and rushing to the driveway to leave an ephemeral body print on the concrete; of running barefoot across the hot asphalt to my friend’s house and trying not to burn my feet; of the dark towels my mother put over the windows in the daytime to keep out the heat.
I wanted my summers to be cooler, wetter. I thought a summer storm would be the perfect antidote to the dry California heat, a backyard sprinkler writ large.
Having lived in Maine for a decade, the dozen or so summer storms take on a different role than I imagined as child, offering not an invitation to play, nor to hide, but to simply be still. After a stretch of hot sunny days, the plants in my garden welcome the rain. I follow their lead, raise my face to the heavens and drink it in.*
This shawl is knit flat from the bottom up. You will decrease 4 stitches every right-side row through raindrop pattern and every row thereafter.
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
66" [168 cm] wingspan, 31" [79 cm] high
YARN
Milo by Manos del Uruguay (65% merino wool,
35% linen; 380 yards [350 m] / 100 grams)
2 skeins in Lisboa
NEEDLES
One 36" circular needle in size US 5 [3.75 mm]
GAUGE
24 stitches and 36 rows = 4" blocked
NOTIONS
Stitch markers
Tapestry needle