Perry Street Rugby by Through The Loops

Perry Street Rugby

Named for a street in Greenwich Village Through The Loops' Perry Street Rugby is a striped, garter stitch, pullover with a chunky cable on one side. This sweater is designed to be worn with 2-3” of positive ease at the bust and the pattern includes 11 sizes.  Follow the links after purchase to download this PDF.

And visit Through The Loops to see all her knitwear collections.

3 Needle Worthy Projects by Through The Loops

Through The Loops brings you a lacy shawl, a pair of socks and a hat & mitten set, 3 beautiful reasons to pick up your needles and knit! 

Nefertem

Nefertem is named for the Egyptian god of beauty and healing and is worked from the center top edge and increased outward to create the semi-circular shape in one skein of Madetosh Tosh Sock.

Brueghel

The Brueghel sock is knit cuff down, adorned with twisted stitches and lace and also knit in only one skein of Madelinetosh Tosh Sock.

Twizz

Twizz Hat and matching Twizz Mittens are worked from the bottom edge upward in the round.  Both charts and written instructions are given for each size and the cables on the charts are color coded to make them easier to read. 

Visit Through The Loops to see all of Kirsten Kapur's designs.

Rhinebeck 2012 or "Did you knit that?"

We love going to Rhinebeck, even my DH enjoys it though he could care less about knitting and fiber, but he gets to take photos and sample the local wines.  This year upon my arrival I saw a woman in a gorgeous crocheted lace top, similar to what I've been seeing a lot of in stores, so I immediately asked her if she had crocheted it and what was the pattern etc, to my surprise she had not, but purchased it.  This got me thinking, how many of these gorgeous hand knit sweaters and shawls I was seeing everywhere had been knit by the wearer?

To my pleasant surprise lots of Rhinebeck goers were willing to play along when I asked "Did you knit that?" and allow me to photograph them for my blog.  There are lots of talented knitters out there and I want to thank everyone of them who took a moment to pose for this post.

Allegheny by Thea Coleman

Isn't this dress stunning?  She knit it in Madelinetosh Tosh Vintage in the Cousteau colorway.  Even as I was photographing her she was getting compliments on it!
 

Forest Fiesta by Sandra McIver

This is Sara, and she knit her Forest Fiesta cardi in Fiber Arts Yummy yarn, I love the bright colors she used.  

And I absolutely adore this bright yellow!  The design is beautiful too and the little blue pin to close it is fantastic.  This Rhinebecker couldn't remember the pattern name, people had been asking her all day, I bet.  But she did knit it in a Manos yarn. 

Red Queen by Lorraine Condotta

Isn't this pullover stunning?  The shoulders have little button details that my cell phone camera didn't catch.  She knit it in Brooklyn Tweed Loft.

UPDATE!  Tasha, the knitter and model in this photo was kind enough to email me these details on her beautiful pullover..."Just wanted to give you more info if you wanted it. My name is Tasha, and my blog is By gum, by golly:  http://blog.bygumbygolly.com. I primarily blog about vintage things, including vintage-oriented knitting and some sewing. The pattern is Red Queen by Lorraine Condotta, on Ravelry here, though obviously I modified it a bit to be more 40s styled. And it was knit in Brooklyn Tweed Loft."

Sheep Sweater - a vintage pattern

This lovely lady is Anne, a long time knitter and fiber artist from Yorkshire, England.  She has this pattern tucked away some where, and she has had it for quite a long time.  When she turned around you saw the rest of the sheep and it's tail!

Sasha Kagan Zigzag Skirt

When I met Diana I just had to ask her, what came first her fantastic skirt or those really cool boots, she knit the skirt first and just had to get the boots the moment she found them. 

Kerchief knit in hand dyed yarn.

I'm really hoping this woman will email me with more details.  She knit this kerchief in her own hand dyed yarn.  But what really makes this story interesting was her dying technique, she divided the skein into three parts and dyed each separately, yet still connected, in these colorways, thus, this is one continuous knit!

When I wasn't taking photos of beautiful knitwear I was checking out stalls and stalls of stunning fiber and of course the animal scene.

Richard Ashford

There are always spinners are Rhinebeck, usually women, so it was fun to meet Richard.

And lots of angoras, its no secret I love these rabbits...some day I'll own one.  

But until than I'll have to be happy with a pair of bunny slippers!

Last year my DH told me he had seen a kangaroo.  So this year I made him show it to me.  Not only a kangaroo but lots of exotic animals....

You never know what your going to see next at Rhinebeck!  

All and all we had a great day, the weather was perfect and it was topped off by the Cooperative Press' Rhinebeck after party where I got to meet lots of fellow Ravelers and some rather famous knitters, but at that point by cell phone was dead so no pics!  

So I'll leave with the kangaroo!
 

Introducing Melody's Stole a Free Pattern!

One skein of Sandrasingh Lace and the website’s mascot Melody, the running sheep, was the inspiration for Denise Twum of Nisey Knits to create this graceful, versatile and unique lace shawl: Melody’s Stole. 

Beautiful in its simplicity, two alternating panels of lace are broken by a band of garter stitch, and edged with a simple garter lace border to give an understated, elegant look. 

Follow the links in the listing to download this Free PDF Pattern.

Final Day: 25% Off In Stock Yarns, Patterns & Knitting Needles Plus FREE Yarn!

Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sport in Grand Street Ink

Final Day to Save 25% on In Stock Yarns, Knitting Needles, Crochet Hooks, Notions, Paper Patterns & Magazines.  And introducing Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sport!  An exceedingly soft yarn, its perfect for garments and accessories and a joy to work with, care for and wear.   

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Sale ends tonight, Friday Oct. 19th at Midnight!

I'm really looking forward to Rhinebeck Sheep & Wool!  I think this will be my 5th year and it never ceases to be a source of inspiration.  This year Cooperative Press is having a Rhineback After Party on Saturday, Oct. 20th from 7-11pm.

Its being held at Wing & Clover on 22 East Market ST, 2nd Floor, Rhinebeck, NY.  And you can get tickets at Cooperative Press' Facebook page.  And I'm one of the Door Prize sponsors!  Good luck... 

Wilhelmina Shawlette
by Chrissy Gardiner of Gardiner Yarn Works

Three lucky winners will get a Wilhelmina Shawlette Kit with the pattern and one skein of Fate Fingering by Serendipitous Ewe. 

Fate Fingering

And one lucky winner will win Linda Choo's Spring Maple Kit with this lovely shawl pattern and a skein of my Sandrasingh Lace.

Plus I'm donating 3 - $25 Sandrasingh.com Gift Certificates!  

Hope you're planning to attend and I'm looking forward to meeting everyone! 

Fresh Designs Sweaters

10 knitwear artists, from all over the globe, have collaborated to bring you this collection of timeless pullover and cardigan designs.  Fresh Designs Sweatersis an eBook available as an instant PDF Download after purchase.