Interweave Press: Hurt Book Sale

I like a good bargain. Interweave Press is having a damaged book sale. A new book may be in my future.

Interweave Felt magazine

Interweave Knits is coming out with a special edition magazine all about felt called Interweave Felt! It is due to hit the newsstand on July 17th. Yeah!

My First Sweater, pt. 3

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present my first knit sweater, the Sunrise Circle Jacket. It took a while and it included two trips to my favorite local knitting guru, Patty Kim. I would like to thank all my knitting mentors, including the lovely Laurel at The San Gabriel Bead Company, my aunt over at threads, and Christine & Fay Lyn at Unraveled. I could not have done it without you.

Sunrise Circle Jacket by Kate Gilbert
Spring 2006 Interweave Knits
5 Balls, Cascade 220 tweed, color 610
Size 37
I decreased the length of the sleeves by 1.5"

My First Sweater, pt. 2

I have progress on my first sweater, the Sunrise Circle Jacket. The first sleeve and front left panel are complete, and I am near to finishing the right panel too.

I really like knitting up this pattern. It incorporates many increases and decreases and makes me think I may be ready to try knitting up some lace. Possibly this Swallowtail Shawl from the Fall 2006 Interweave Knits.

Rib-And-Cable Mits, Pt.2

My Rib-And-Cable Mitts which I started back in January are complete!

Because I used a thicker yarn than called for, the Berroco Ultra Alpaca, I had to do a little modification. The body of the gloves turned out fine, but thumb gusset was too long and wide. I frogged back to the picked up stitches, decreased the number of stitches and knit fewer rows.

I still need to block the gloves, but I am happy with how they turned out. I especially love the colors. I am looking for the perfect pattern to make a matching scarf with the leftover yarn.

My First Sweater, pt. 1

I am going to knit the Ballet Wrap Cardigan sweater which was on the cover of the winter '05 Interweave Knits. It will be my first. I received the Colinette Prism yarn in Kingfisher color as a birthday gift. It is beautiful, but the dyelot was really dark. I was hoping for a more purple/blue/green look, rather than navy blue with tiny amounts of purple/green. After much thinking, I realized the thin yarn binder is cotton and the rest of the yarn is wool. Wool and cotton take different types of dye. I could over dye the cotton to bring in more color without ruining the wool! Here is the result.