Tuesday, August 07, 2007

  Sweet Baby Green Trellis

I’m here to say that I have a beautiful baby sweater finished to brag about. I’m sure many of you have heard of Trellis. Well here she is in all of her sweetness…
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This is one of the cutest baby sweaters I have ever seen. The pattern is very well written. I am very pleased with the outcome. This one goes to my 1 year old neice...I sure hope she likes it.
Pattern...Trellis from Knitty
Yarn...Rowan Wool Cotton Color #960
Needles...US #4 Inox circular
Size...18 months
Mods...The only thing I changed war the yarn used. They call for Rowan All Seasons Cotton which is a worsted weight and Wool/Cotton is a DK weight. I LOVED working with this yarn. It is soft and fabulous. I did have to go down a few needle sizes (they suggest a 5/6 needles...no way for me the way I knit) though as I am a loose knitter and I do not like a loose sloppy look to the stitches.

I’m working on a couple of other knits at the moment. The first one is the very popular Orangina
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This sweater is based on such a neat simple concept...2 rectangles joined at the shoulders and side seams. Stefanie Japel is a design goddess in my opinion. I have her book Fitted Knits. I love it and there are tons of knits that I really want to do. I also love Forcast and can’t wait to cast on for that one.
I’m using Jaegar Siena 4 Ply in black.

The other knit I am working on is Fay by Kim Hargreaves. So is the lovely Donna
I love sweaters that are nice and light. I love how the model is wearing a collared shirt underneath. I would wear it the same way. I LOVE that look! I’m using Rowan 4 Ply in the color???XOGTNDG...what? oh my...I just looked & I am using the WRONG yarn (It says Wool/Cotton which is a DK weight. I was wondering why it looked wider than it should be). Oh...this is not fair. I have to rip out & do it all over again! :-(( Lesson learned...always read the labels before you start a project. I have NEVER done this before.. Here is a photo anyway of the beautiful work that I have to RIP out…
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I have to say that this is fun to knit...not boring. The waistband is knit first & than all the stitches are picked up. OH...all that work...for nothing. I’ll get over it! Now for the right yarn that I will start knitting with as soon as I finish this post is...Rowan 4 Ply Soft color #389. A beautiful brown.

Here are a couple photos I would like to share with you…
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Mother Nature
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Pretty Porsche
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Handsome Bentley
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My favorite RAW dessert!!! Cheesecake with bananas. I love it with blueberries and blueberry sauce also! YUMMY!!!!
It has been 14 months now since I have been RAW. I am still LOVING this lifestyle!

Have a fabulous Day!

 
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