I made my third Abate sweater this winter and was reminded why it’s such a great pattern for the kids wearing it and the adults knitting it…
Continue readingMake with Me: Abate Sweater
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Make with Me: Cabled Sweater!
You can find our full archive of knitting projects here. And, of course, we have many projects that don’t involve knitting; there’s embroidery and sewing too!
If you’re following our Instagram stories, then you saw me sewing up the seams of this sweater during the month of December. Knowing that I’d have to knit the sweater in parts and then sew it together almost stopped me from evening making this one, but I’m so glad that I jumped in and learned something new!
Read moreMake with Me: Shifty
Last year I started a series that I call Make with Me. The name is a bit misleading because I don’t really allow for us to make the same project concurrently, instead, I share projects in their finished state. Most of these projects use other designers’ patterns, so I can’t even share a pattern or tutorial. Instead, I give you the project details, helpful hints, and links to the patterns and materials.
If I’ve talked to you about 2020 and the pandemic, I’m sure that I’ve told you that this was the sort of situation I was made for. Definitely didn’t like the health crisis, but I was so excited to not leave the house for weeks on end. I have enough ideas and supplies to keep me busy for years (no joke), and 2020 was my big chance to get busy….
But about 6 months into quarantine, I needed something new and a bit of inspiration.
Continue readingFinished Object Friday!
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Thank goodness for the snowy Colorado springs. It makes it seem totally reasonable to start a sweater in February and then finish it in April for a big Easter snow. Totally reasonable. Continue reading
Make with Me : Engineered Seams
Last year I started a series that I call Make with Me. The name is a bit misleading because I don’t really allow for us to make the same project concurrently, instead, I share projects in their finished state. Most of these projects use other designers’ patterns, so I can’t even share a pattern or tutorial. Instead, I give you the project details, helpful hints, and links to the patterns and materials.
My new favorite sweater is this way… Continue reading
Make with Me : Be a Test Knitter
At the beginning of the year, I encouraged our readers to “make with me“. In that post I shared a few of the many benefits that you may get from picking up a hobby, and I gave you a few simple suggestions for how to turn your hobby into a regular habit (that’s good for you!).
If you follow our Instagram feed or have been a long-time reader, it’s no surprise that my primary hobby is knitting. I always have a project (or ten) in the works. While I don’t need the encouragement to knit more, I’m taking this resolution as a nudge to share more of my projects, in their many phases, on the blog. And if you’d like to find me on Ravelry, my username is winterfoliage.
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Sweater Season
It’s sweater season! … at least for a day. Oh fall, you fickle thing.
I wanted to share the details on two sweaters that I’m excited to start rotating into my wardrobe this season.
Bohus Cowl
First up is the Bohus-inspired cowl neck sweater. It’s from an issue of Vogue Knitting, but lucky for you, the pattern is now available as a free download from their site!
If you don’t know much about Bohus sweaters, it’s worth going down that rabbit hole and learning about these beautiful designs.