Slightly Sassy Rambouillet - Cast On!

After the disaster that was the Tarahi Tank.

I frogged that project and reclaimed the yarn.

Using the Tahari Tank as giant gauge swatch I went searching for a better pattern and found the Slightly Sassy V by Aimee Sher, a top down raglan top that is easily adjustable for body and sleeve length.  This is my handspun yarn, the first spin from the Breedschool that I started almost exactly a year ago.

It was an amazing fiber to spin, and it is so nice to knit with.  I dyed it up using WoolTincture Dyes.  Even though I frogged the Tahari Tank last November, I didn’t cast on this top until May 3, after finishing my Copenhagen Cardigan.

Pattern:  Slightly Sassy V by Aimee Sher

Yarn:  My handspun Rambouillet

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Luxe Shawlette - Cast On!

The Luxe Shawlette by Anniken Allis came out on April 17, and because I subscribe to her newsletter, I saw it right away, and decided that I wanted to make it.  The link to the kits took me to a yarn store overseas, so I checked out the yarns required on Ravelry and managed to find a US distributor, Wool and Company in South Elgin, Illinois.  They had bunches of colors to choose from, but I ended up going with gold.  The two yarns are:  Lang Yarns Mohair 21 and Lang Yarns Paillettes, held together.

This is definitely not mindless TV knitting, but it is very pretty and sparkly.  I did make one mod to the pattern.  The pattern calls for increases where you pick up the strand between stitches and knit into the front or back, depending on whether you want a right or left lean.  I am replacing all of those with simple yarn overs.  No way was I going to deal with working that kind of increase with these two yarns.  I received my yarns on April 23 and immediately cast on.  I haven’t made too much progress, mostly because I was focused on finishing up my Copenhagen Cardigan.

Pattern:  Luxe Shawlette by Anniken Allis

Yarn:  Lang Yarns Mohair 21 and Lang Yarns Paillettes

Needle:  US 4 (3.5 mm)

Copenhagen Cardigan - Finished!

I finished up the knitting this past Saturday, May 2, gave it a good soak Sunday morning and laid it out on my blocking mats.

On Monday I switched it over to my elevated mesh sweater drying rack, which speeds things up, and by Tuesday it was dry.  I snipped the ends and went looking for buttons in my button stash.  I ended up picking vintage Lucite moonglow buttons, from the famous bead hoard that A Grain of Sand has.  I have bought quite a few things from them, they are a wonderful resource for vintage items, as well as semi-precious stones and pearls.  My selection was somewhat limited by the fact that I needed nine buttons!  I had lots of pretty options that were a few buttons shy of that number.  Finally, this morning, I got around to sewing the buttons on.  This task was complicated somewhat by the fuzziness of the sweater.  The button holes are invisible, and can only be found by feel.  The sweater itself is super soft and warm.  My cat Jezebel approves.

Pattern:  Copenhagen Cardigan by PetiteKnit

Yarn:  Ewe Ewe Yarns Fluffy Fingering and Magicland Yarn Marvelous Mohair

Needles:  US 6 (4.0 mm) and US 4 (3.5 mm)

Copenhagen Cardigan - One Sleeve Done!

One sleeve is complete!  I did make a couple of simple modifications to the pattern.  When you split for the sleeves, the pattern has you cast on six stitches for the underarm.  I did this, but when I picked up stitches for the sleeve, I actually picked up ten stitches.  This gives me a roomier sleeve, which I like, and need, given my fairly muscular arms and broad shoulders (for a woman), and also prevents any of those pesky little gaps in the underarm.  Some patterns will tell you to pick up an extra stitch on each side of the cast on stitches and then decrease them away, but this one did not.  So, instead of having 70 stitches for the sleeve, I have 74.  I also did not work any decreases until just before the ribbed cuff, at which point I decreased 20 stitches, so that I would end up with the 54 stitches for the cuff per the size that I was knitting.  I then switched to the US 4 (3.5 mm) needles to work the ribbing.  I worked six rounds of ribbing and then bound off in pattern.

I did order two more skeins of the Ewe Ewe Yarns Fluffy Fingering, and one more skein of the Magicland Yarns Marvelous Mohair, and I am very glad that I did.  I started on the fifth skein of the Fluffy Fingering on this sleeve, and based on the usage rate on my second skein of Marvelous Mohair I will definitely use at least some of the third skein that I bought when I work the second sleeve.  Fortunately the extra Fluffy Fingering that I bought is the same dye lot as the original four skeins.

Pattern:  Copenhagen Cardigan by PetiteKnit

Yarn:  Ewe Ewe Yarns Fluffy Fingering & Magicland Yarns Marvelous Mohair

Needles:  US 4 (3.5 mm) and US 6 (4.0 mm)

Copenhagen Cardigan - Body Done!

With my Saltwind finished, I’ve been focusing on finishing up my Copenhagen Cardigan, binding off the body this morning.  I did not work the Italian bind-off as the pattern called for as I really just didn’t want to do that with mohair.  I also did not go down a needle size for the body ribbing.  I just worked six rows of ribbing on the body needle and bound off in pattern.  I am very happy with how this is coming out.  I like the marled effect, although I have learned that if you carry mohair along with your regular yarn there is no such thing as mindless stockinette.  There are a few stitches where the mohair is not on the correct stitch, or was left off, but only a few.  If I noticed quickly (on the next row, for example) I was able to fix it, but there are a couple that I didn’t notice until way later and there was no way I was dropping stitches down and fixing them with mohair in the mix.  I’ve picked up the stitches for the first sleeve and have started working it.

Pattern:  Copenhagen Cardigan by PetiteKnit

Yarn:  Ewe Ewe Yarns Fluffy Fingering and Magicland Yarn Marvelous Mohair

Needles:  US 6 (4.0 mm) & US 4 (3.5 mm) but only for the collar ribbing

Lupine Saltwind - Finished!

I finished up the body this past Sunday evening, and finished up the ribbing on Monday, blocking it Monday evening.

Here is a photo of the body taken Sunday evening, under artificial light.

And a photo of the body with one armhole finished taken Monday morning.  I always find the contrast between artificial and natural light so interesting.  I blocked gently, just smoothing things out and gently shaping it so that things lay flat and straight.  No pulling or stretching.  My gauge is just a wee bit tighter than the called for gauge, but that suits me just fine.  It is a little bit oversized in the shoulders - the ribbing  extends past my shoulders, and the neckline is pretty broad, but overall I am happy with the fit.  It is not too big, just roomy enough to be comfy.

Pattern:  Saltwind by keiko kikuno

Yarn:  Osprey by Quince & Co

Needle:  US 7 (4.5 mm)

Copenhagen Cardigan - Progress Check

I have also been working on the body of my Copenhagen Cardigan.  I have about 4 inches more to knit before I work the ribbing and then I can work the sleeves.  I went back and double checked yardage requirements and compared that to what I have on hand and decided to go ahead and buy more yarn so I would have it when I need it and wouldn’t have to play yarn chicken.  The fabric is wonderfully soft and warm, and I love the marling effect with the lighter silk-mohair against the darker purple.

Pattern:  Copenhagen Cardigan by PetiteKnit

Yarn:  Ewe Ewe Yarns Fluffy Fingering and Magicland Yarn Marvelous Mohair

Needles:  US 6 (4.0 mm) and US 4 (3.5 mm)

Lupine Saltwind - One Chart Repeat Done!

I have completed one repeat of the charts, and my gauge is looking great.  Granted, I haven’t blocked it, but I’m not one of those people that try to use blocking to change the shape of garments.  I block lace pretty strenuously, but not garments.  I have 20 more rounds to work before I start the armhole shaping.  I’ve made a few cabling mistakes that I had to fix by dropping stitches down, the worst was having to drop 14 stitches down 9 rows to fix a cable cross.

And here is the other side.

Pattern:  Saltwind by keiko kikuno 

Yarn:  Quince & Co. Osprey

Needle:  US 7 (4.5 mm)

Copenhagen Cardigan - Raglan Increases Done!

I finished up the raglan increases this morning and have set up for working the body.  When I finished the last row of the raglan portion I counted the stitches in each of my sections and was very pleased when there were all correct.  When I’m working so many rows of increases I always worry a little about forgetting one (or more) and ending up with the wrong stitch counts.  Last night I draped it around my shoulders just to see how it was fitting and it is so warm and soft.  It is going to be a very cozy cardigan.  I only have 4 balls of the purple yarn, and I’m already into my second ball, so I am a little worried about running out of yarn.  When I get to the end of this ball I’m going to work the sleeves, and then I can determine if I’m going to need another ball.  Given that I’m carrying the mohair along with the purple I’m not too concerned about possibly getting a different dye lot.  Marling can hid a multitude of sins.

Pattern:  Copenhagen Cardigan by PetiteKnit

Yarn:  Ewe Ewe Yarns Fluffy Fingering and Magicland Yarn Marvelous Mohair

Needles:  US 4 (3.5 mm) and US 6 (4.0 mm)

Lupine Saltwind - Ribbing Done!

I finished up the ribbing last night and started working the cable design.  The gauge for the ribbing was given as 24 stitches and 23 rounds in four inches.  Now measuring in ribbing is always a bit problematic because of the stretchiness, but looking at it on the needles, I think I’m pretty good.  I am a little shy of four inches in height at 23 rounds of ribbing, but that may well block out, so I’m not worried.  I decided to stay on the US 7 needles for the body.  The set up round was a bit of a beast, as I didn’t find the designations for the cable stitches intuitive at all and had to consistently look at the instructions, but thanks to knitCompanion it was easy to keep track of where I was in the row.  When I got to the body it has you knit moss stitch, Chart A, Chart B, Chart A, moss stitch.  I flipped Chart A so that it would be a mirror image the second time I worked it, making the pattern symmetric, an easy thing to do in knitCompanion.

As I was knitting the ribbing I pondered the needle size given in the pattern.  It seemed to me that in order to get gauge with a US 9 you would have to be an incredibly tight knitter (I am not a loose knitter since I changed how I tension my yarn, nor am I a tight knitter).  But then I noted that the designer is Japanese, and I know that the Japanese size their needles differently than we do in the US, so I found a conversion chart online.  A Japanese size 9 needle is 4.8 mm, which falls right between a US 7 (4.5 mm) and a US 8 (5.0 mm).

Pattern:  Saltwind by Keiko Kikuno

Yarn:  Osprey by Quince & Co

Needle:  US 7 (4.5 mm)

Copenhagen Cardigan - Making Progress!

Lest you think my Copenhagen Cardigan is being completely neglected, it hasn’t been, at least not completely.  I’ve been working through all the raglan increases, and I have a dozen more rows to go before I can split things and just work the body.  So, it is kind of slow going at this point as the rows are getting pretty long.  Once I get the ribbing done on the Lupine Saltwind and get in to the cabling, this project should see more love as it will be my TV knitting.

Pattern:  Copenhagen Cardigan by PetiteKnit

Yarn:  Ewe Ewe Yarns Fluffy Fingering & Magicland Yarn Marvelous Mohair

Needles:  US 4 (3.5 mm) and US 6 (4.0 mm)

Lupine Saltwind - Cast On!

This yarn was a fairly recent acquisition (November 2025) and was purchased for a beautiful cabled vest that I saw in a Quince & Co. marketing email.  It was another of those “love at first sight I must make this” purchases.  The box of yarn has been sitting in my piano room (the home of new acquisitions) and after finishing the Sundrop Top I really wanted to cast it on, even though I still have the Copenhagen Cardigan on the needles.  So, I set the pattern up in knitCompanion, grabbed a skein and caked it up, grabbed some needles and cast on.

Looking at the pattern, it calls for US 9 (5.5 mm) needles, and provided 4 different gauges:  2x2 rib, 1x2 moss stitch, 1 repeat of chart A, and 1 repeat of chart B.  Looking at the yarn label it offers 2 needle sizes and 2 stitch gauges.  And no, I did not swatch.  The US 9 needles were the smaller of the 2 needles mentioned on the yarn label (US 11 - 8 mm was the other).  The only US 9 that I had in my boxes of Addi needles were 32 inch circulars, so I grabbed them and cast on for my selected size.  I didn’t read the instructions completely, however, so I actually only cast on half the required stitches.  Curiously enough, those 120 stitches fit nicely on those 32 inch cables.  Given that I knew the finished measurement was supposed to be 40 inches, I knew that I had screwed something up.  That was when I went back to the instructions and realized that I had only cast on half the required stitches.  Danger, Will Robinson!  Obviously the 2x2 ribbing gauge that I was getting on US 9 needles was going to be way off.  So, I went back to my needle stash and pulled out a US 7 (4.5 mm) needle.  The only one I had in my lace point Addi needle box was a 40 inch circular.  Perfect, I thought, so I cast on again, with the correct number of stitches and started working the 2x2 ribbing again.  I like the fabric, and I think the gauge is looking pretty good so far.  I’ll see how the row gauge works out as a get a few more rounds on the needles.  I will also have to decide what to do about needle size when I get done with the ribbing - do I stay with the US 7 (4.5 mm) or go up to a US 8 (5.0 mm).  Interestingly enough the pattern has you use the same needle size for the ribbing as for the body, which I find a bit odd.  Also, looking at the gauges given for the other stitch patterns, has me wondering what is really going on here.  One way or another I will sort this all out.

And here is the pretty yarn that I am working with.  Curiously enough, when I was watching the tracking information for the package, it said that it came from Lion Brand Yarns, which was very confusing as I had not ordered anything from them in many years.  I did notice on the invoice that it states that Quince & Co. is a division of Orchard Yarn & Thread Company, which is the parent company of Lion Brand Yarns, and also, apparently of Quince & Co.

Sundrop Top - Finished!

Wow, that was fast.  Well, not really as fast as that, although it did work up quickly.  I cast on March 27 and bound off the neck ribbing on March 31.  So a pretty quick knit.  Not quite a snack knit, but close.  The top looks better on me than on the dummy and I’m looking forward to wearing it.  It is very soft, the fabric is pretty thick, given the weight of the yarn, so the top has some heft to it, but it is very comfortable.  It dried faster than I thought it would, given the thickness of the fabric.  I had it on the blocking mats for a day and then transferred it to my sweater rack.

Pattern:  Seven Sisters Top by SloaneLacasse 

Yarn:  Blue Sky Fibers Printed Organic Cotton

Needles:  US 8 (5.0 mm) and US 10 (6.0 mm)

Sundrop Top - Cast On!

After finishing the Bunny Wishes Sweater I immediately cast on the Seven Sisters Top by SloaneLacasse for Blue Sky Fibers.  I saw this top in The Dizzy Knitter email and just fell in love with it, even though it is two things that I don’t usually go for:  Cotton yarn in Worsted weight, although coming in at 150 yards per 100 grams, I would consider it heavier than that, more of an Aran weight.  It is also knit on larger needles than I typically use - US 8 (5.0 mm) for the ribbing, and US 10 (6.0 mm) for the body.

The yarn is Printed Organic Cotton in the color Sundrop, and I also just fell in love with the color, and the variegated way it knits up.  I’m still not a huge fan of knitting with pure cotton, or with such large needles, but I am pretty happy with how this top is working up.

Pattern:  Seven Sisters Top by SloaneLacasse

Yarn:  Blue Sky Fibers Printed Organic Cotton

Needles:  US 8 (5.0 mm) and US 10 (6.0 mm)

Bunny Wishes Sweater - Finished!

I actually finished this up almost a week ago, back on March 26.  After working the body, the sleeves worked up quickly.  Overall, I am very pleased with how it came out.  It is only my second colorwork sweater.  The fit is good - roomy without being too oversized, so I can wear it over a t-shirt or turtleneck.  The sleeve length is good - I was a little nervous about that because they were definitely short before I blocked it. The overall length is good as well.  Blocking was straightforward - a good soak, roll it up in a towel and stand on it to get most of the water out, then lay it out on my blocking mats and smooth everything out.

After laying out on the blocking mats for a day, I transferred it to my sweater rack so that air could circulate around it and dry it quicker.

Pattern:  Bunny Wishes Sweater by Sarah L. Kelly

Yarn:  Fleece & Harmony Wildwinds

Needles:  US 2 (2.75 mm) and US 3 (3.25 mm)

 

Bunny Wishes Sweater - Body Done!

Yesterday I finished binding off the body.  I elected not to work the folded hem (Kitchener stitching all those stitches in dark wool?  No thank you!) and instead worked the ribbing pattern from the neck, after working two rounds of the blue to provide a break between the patterning and the ribbing.  I’ll work the same ribbing pattern on the sleeves.  And I’ve already started working one of the sleeves.  Some relatively mindless (just mind the decrease rows) knitting.  The fit, even unblocked, is pretty good.  I think the ease may be a bit on the larger side, but if I had gone down a size, I think it would have been a tad tight in the shoulders.  The announcement for the patterns for the second quarter Canadian Collaboration from Fleece and Harmony came out today - Seagulls.  I’m going to pass this time, and instead do a knit along with Carol Feller of Stolen Stitches.  The pattern is a really cool cardigan with an unusual construction.  I ordered the yarn kit from her and already have it.  It starts April 1.

Pattern:  Bunny Wishes Sweater by Sarah L. Kelly

Yarn:  Fleece & Harmony Wildwinds

Needles:  US 2 (2.75 mm) and US 3 (3.25 mm)

Copenhagen Cardigan - Cast On!

Truthfully, I cast this on back on January 13, but I put it away in a plastic box while I finished up the Seascair Blanket and Pillows, and the Hedgerow Shawl, and started working on the Bunny Wishes Sweater.  This project came about because Ewe Ewe Yarns was having a knit along.  The pattern was the Love Note pullover by Tin Can Knits, and the yarn was Ewe Ewe Yarns Fluffy Fingering and Magicland Yarns Marvelous Mohair, held together, and the colors…well, they were my favorite colors.  So I leaped without looking too closely, only to realize once I started really looking at the pattern that it was one of those where you knit at a loose gauge, and I am not a fan.  But I loved the yarn, so I went looking for a pattern that would match my gauge, and found the Copenhagen Cardigan by PetiteKnit.  It is a basic cardigan, knit top down, and I thought it would be really nice as a fuzzy purple/pink confection.  I quickly knit the collar, and then set it aside when I got to the short row shaping for the neck.  I did set the pattern up in my knitCompanion, so I was all ready to pick it back up again when the opportunity arose, and the opportunity arose when I got to the patterned hem on the Bunny Wishes Sweater.  I wanted something that would not require quite as much attention - more TV watching knitting, as opposed to TV listening knitting.  Yesterday morning I pulled it back out and made it through the short row shaping for the neck.

I’m still in love with the colors and the yarn.  I was never a fan of mohair before, but I like holding it with another non-fuzzy yarn.  I even learned how to set up linked counters in knitCompanion (not hard, just never had done it before) to remind me when to work the button holes.

Pattern:  Copenhagen Cardigan by PetiteKnits

Yarn:  Ewe Ewe Yarns Fluffy Fingering and Magicland Yarns Marvelous Mohair

Needles:  US 4 (3.5 mm) and US 6 (4.0 mm) 

Bunny Wishes Sweater - Plain Body Done!

After finishing the yoke, I divided for the sleeves and started working the body.  It took me three tries to get the stitch gauge right.  The first try I did not go down a needle size from the colorwork section (a rookie mistake) and my stitch gauge was way off and the body was way too large.  Fortunately I realized before I got too far into things and I ripped back and went down a needle size (from the 3.25 mm to a 3.0 mm).  It was better, but the stitch gauge was still off and it was still coming out too large.  So I ripped back again and went down to a 2.75 mm needle (the smaller needle called for in the pattern).  Finally, things were looking good.  My row gauge is tighter than the pattern calls for, but that is easy to adjust.  I did notice that my row gauge on the colorwork section was also off (less rows per four inches than called for), but that worked out okay.  I have noticed that my stockinette gauge tends to be in the ratio of 3 to 4 (stitch gauge generally is 3/4 of the row gauge) but my colorwork gauge tends to be more square (stitch gauge and row gauge almost the same).

Once I finished up the plain stockinette section I tackled the set up for the colorwork hem.  There are four charts that I have to work from for the hem for my size (charts 2, 3, 4 & 5), and charts 2 and 5 are repeated once.  So the knitting order is:  2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5 (front), then 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5 (back).  I pulled out different colored stitch markers to help give me a visual cue for the chart switching, but found out that wasn’t quite enough to keep me on track, so I resorted to making some labels for each section attached to locking stitch markers.  That seems to be working.  Of course I am also using knitCompanion, which I absolutely love for working charts.

Pattern:  Bunny Wishes Sweater by Sarah L. Kelly

Yarn:  Fleece & Harmony Wildwinds

Needles:  US 3 (3.25 mm) and US 2 (2.75 mm)

Hedgerow Shawl MKAL - Finished!

Well, those three weeks (from cast on) sure went quickly.  I did take pictures after each clue, but just never got around to posting/blogging about them.  So, here is Clue 2.

And Clue 3.

It has been a little while since I did a mystery knit along, or anything with lace.  This project is the first lace shawl of the year, not that there is a ton of lace.  But it was a relaxing knit, and it used up some stash.  It is a shawl shape that I like, even if blocking can be a little bit of a challenge.

With the world being all browns, and white when it snowed, I was really craving some color.  The yarn is very soft, and it was nice to work with.  The shawl has nice drape.

Pattern:  Hedgerow Shawl MKAL by Helen Stewart

Yarn:  Round Table Yarns Camelot

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Bunny Wishes Sweater - Yoke Chart Done!

I finished up the yoke chart yesterday evening, after dark, so this picture was taken with artificial light.  I really enjoyed knitting the colorwork and watching the picture emerge.  Now I get to start the stockinette body and split out the sleeve stitches.

Which I have done, and got a picture in natural light this morning.  The stockinette will go quickly, and then I get to do the bottom section of colorwork.  I’m going to keep the mock cable ribbing for the hem and the sleeves because I like the look.  I might also keep them in the chestnut color, if I have enough, which I should.

Pattern:  Bunny Wishes Sweater by Sarah L. Kelly

Yarn:  Fleece & Harmony Wildwinds

Needles:  US 2 (2.75 mm) & US 3 (3.25 mm)

Hedgerow Shawl MKAL - Clue 1 Done!

A couple of weeks ago, I was poking around some of the yarn stash in my piano room (don’t ask) and came across three skeins that I had gotten in a club back in 2020.  The club was the Guigemar Yarn Club, and the yarn was Camelot (80% merino/10% cashmere/10% nylon), fingering weight (I have an insane amount of fingering weight yarn in my stash) from Round Table Yarns.  They were each in their own canvas bag, hanging on the door handle, and when I pulled them out and held them together I thought that they would make a nice shawl.

And wasn’t it convenient that Helen Stewart of Curious Handmade was doing a mystery knitalong of a three-color shawl.  I haven’t done a mystery knitalong in a while, although I will often buy the patterns and even a kit (usually from Miss Babs, because I have a hard time resisting those kits!), and then wait until all the clues come out and then maybe cast on at some undetermined point in the future.  Please don’t ask me how many kits I have in my stash.  Those are all project embryos waiting to be born.

Anyway, I felt like knitting something with some brighter colors, and as addictive as colorwork knitting can be, sometimes your brain just isn’t up for it but you still feel like knitting, so I cast on when the first clue came out and actually finished the first clue the day the second clue came out.  The pattern called for a US 6 (4.0 mm) needle, but looking back at the other shawls from her that I’ve knit I typically go down a needle size, so I used a US 5 (3.75 mm) needle.

Pattern:  Hedgerow Shawl MKAL

Yarn:  Round Table Yarns Camelot

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Bunny Wishes Sweater - Yoke Increases Done!

I have finished the yoke increases, although I still have about twenty rounds to go to finish the colorwork on the yoke.  I did end up ripping back to the neck band and starting over with a larger needle.  I had gone down a needle size from what the pattern recommended (3.00 mm vs 3.25 mm) because I was worried about it being too loose, but instead it was too tight.  So, now I’m using the recommended needles sizes (2.75 mm and 3.25 mm), and am very happy with the result.  My gauge looks to be spot on, which is always nice, but not always what happens.  I did do a colorwork gauge swatch, but not at first, because I was being lazy.  I did knit regular gauge swatches (not in the round) just to get a feel for the yarn, and based on those swatches I thought the 3.25 mm needle would be too loose.

The gauge swatch on the right was knit on 3.25 mm needles (US 3) and the one on the left was knit on 3.0 mm (US 2.5) needles, and I definitely like the fabric of the one on the left - for stockinette, knitted flat.  But neither swatch gave me gauge on both stitches and rows, and you really need to get gauge on both, if you want to get gauge.

But once I got knitting on the colorwork, I realized that it was definitely going to be too tight, so I knit a colorwork gauge swatch in the round.  I used the cuff pattern, and essentially I just knit a cuff, which I may turn into a lavender sachet.

I like the fabric, and more importantly, I got gauge.

Pattern:  Bunny Wishes Sweater by Sarah L. Kelly

Yarn:  Fleece & Harmony Wildwinds

Needles:  US 2 (2.75 mm) and US 3 (3.25 mm)

Bunny Wishes Sweater - Cast On!

Once I had finished my Seascair Cushions and Blanket I swatched for the Bunny Wishes Sweater, and cast on last Sunday.  This is one of the projects for the Fleece & Harmony Canadian Collaboration series.  There will be four this year.  The designer is Canadian, the yarn is Canadian, and if you get in on the kits, you get a Firefly Notions set of stitch markers in a matching tin, and she is also Canadian.

The designer is Sarah L. Kelly of Grey Owl Knits and I just love her color work patterns.  I have several in my library, but this is the first one that I have knit.  The yarn is Wildwinds and it is absolutely lovely to work with.

I really do enjoy color work knitting, there is something addictive about it, but it does require my attention - it is definitely not mindless television knitting.  Still, I’m making pretty good progress.

The pattern is extremely well written, with instructions for all the techniques used as well as links to videos, and color as well as black and white charts.  I’m using colors that are very close to the original design, so I’m using the color charts.  I have everything set up in my knitCompanion.  There is short row shaping at the back of the neck for a better fit.  The pattern calls for wrap and turn, but I used German short rows, my preferred method, and did an extra round after resolving all the double stitches before starting the color work.

I am almost done with the increases on the yoke.

Pattern:  Bunny Wishes Sweater by Sarah L. Kelly

Yarn:  Fleece & Harmony Wildwinds 

Needles:  US 2 (2.75 mm, for collar and cuffs), US 2.5 (3.0 mm)