October 17, 2008
Jet pink
It's an adventure sending things away to be knit. 'Will those instructions I wrote, and sent off with some balls of wool and a packet of beads actually come back as a garment?'
As you can see (thanks to the wonderful Pat, who, may I say, could not resist trying on the sweater and modelled it with great élan), they did. I love the semi-solid Handmaiden sock yarn as a background to the strong, black 'jewellery'. Yes it's pink, but quite a masculine pink, if you can imagine such a thing - it leans toward the grey/mauve. The inspiration was a catwalk piece, possibly Armani, which had beads or sequins appliqued onto a fine knit pullover. Once I've woven the ends in I will try and get some shots of me in it - the pattern is already written and sized, and if I hurry it may even be possible to make one in time for the party season ahead. If I were to make another, I'd love to see it in a watery, pale blue-green... or in dove grey, with silver beads... or cobalt, with bronze...
There's another beaded sweater in my sketchbook, with beads falling down the sleeves to land in a thick, heavy layer at the cuffs. I'm so pleased with how this one turned out, it may be the motivation I need to go in search of the perfect yarn and bead combination once more.
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October 03, 2008
Tiggy pattern
Sizes S (SM, M, ML, L)
Finished size: 39 (43, 47.5, 53, 59) inches
A drop-waisted jacket with gathered pockets, three-quarter-length balloon sleeves and applied ribbon detail. A lightweight top layer in spring and early autumn, a cozy layer in winter (to show off those long gloves or wristwarmers).
Knit in an aran weight wool blend. Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran Tweed is a wool/silk/cashmere blend with a stated tension of 4.5sts per inch. 50g (95m/104yd) 14 (15, 16, 18, 19) balls.
Gauge: 15 sts and 22 rows in St st, to (4 inches) using 5mm needles.
£3.50 - you will be sent a link to download the pattern as an electronic (pdf) file, approx 0.67Mb
There are lots more photos of this jacket here.
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