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Pattern Review: Clubhouse Raglan Hoodie
After so thoroughly enjoying knitting the Autumn League Pullover from Two of Wands I was very much looking forward to knitting the Clubhouse Raglan Hoodie. I had asked for the kit from Lion Brand for Christmas a couple years ago, back when you could only choose from a few yarn colours in their kits. It did take me over a year to actually get to, but in some ways I was saving it because I was pretty sure I would enjoy making this one too. Why was I looking forward to this knit? A new (to me) yarn, and one that has some wool in it but is apparently fairly…
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An Easy, Cozy Raglan: Cinnabar Sweater Pattern Review
The Cinnabar sweater is such a great pattern, has lots of options, and I found it easy to modify to my own tastes as well. A knit garment that should definitely be in your handmade wardrobe!
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The Coziest Sweater Ever: Pattern Testing The October Sweater
When I saw the testing call from Lindsay of Standard Knits for this sweater I was immediately tempted. So I thought about it. I looked at yarns, priced them out, looked to see what was in stock at Michael’s. I determined I could get enough yarn fairly affordably, so I applied. Once I had the pattern I picked up some of the yarn from one of the Michael’s on my radar so I could collect enough yarn for the sweater. And as any good tester must do, I did my gauge swatch. The yarn I had picked out was Loops & Threads Camden Wool. It turned out I couldn’t quite…
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Pattern Review: Autumn League Pullover
Like many people, when Alexi of Two of Wands released her Fall 2018 collection with Lion Brand, I instantly fell in love with the Autumn League Pullover (affiliate link). So many people fell in love with it that the kit very quickly sold out. So I asked for it for Christmas, and finished it the following Christmas, well on Boxing Day. It took a few months to actually get started on it, but right off the bat you get into the most important parts of this sweater – the raglan construction and the ‘V’ detail at the collar. The instructions are very clear so that you can be successful in…
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Pattern Review: No Frills Sweater
Last Christmas Eve, as in December 24, 2018 (doesn’t that sound like forever ago!?), I cast on Petite Knit’s No Frills Sweater as part of a KAL. I had been seeing a lot of this sweater on Instagram, and I loved almost every single one I saw. Aside from test knits, (which I often have the advantage of seeing made), this is the main way I choose patterns I want to make. I have to see them a lot, and they have to look good to me almost every single time. One of my favourite versions was Twill & Print’s colour blocked version. So when I was at Fibre Shindig…
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Pattern Testing the SilverBell Sweater
Many of you know I have been on a yarn fast for a number of months. As a result that kind of limits the amount of testing I can sign up for. But I was very, very lucky to be given this Winter Nights yarn so I could sign up to test Chantal’s SilverBell Sweater. Because if I was going to make this sweater, I wanted mine to be sparkly too! It was so nice to have the yarn ready to go when the pattern arrived, it feels like that hasn’t happened for quite awhile! Working on this sweater became really addicting. In less than a week I was pretty…
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Pattern Testing the Side Split Pullover
As you now know, Chantal of Knitatude, and a large number of pattern testers have been keeping a secret for MONTHS. And it. has. been. hard! It was made slightly easier due to the fact that the camera on my phone really disliked taking pictures of the richly saturated colour I picked to test the Side Split Pullover (affiliate link). I chose this sweater to apply to test knit because it is a style that I could totally see myself wearing ALL the time. Anything that encourages wear with leggings has me sold. And as my sister and I traipsed around Nose Hill to take pictures it was so incredibly…
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Easy Eyelet Yoke Sweater – Round 2
The Easy Eyelet Yoke Sweater designed by Knitatude is one of my most worn items. Because of that, it gets seen a lot. And whenever my mom sees me in it, she comments how much she likes the sweater. So I thought it would be a great thing to make for her birthday! I was a little concerned about making another Lion Brand Chainette Easy Eyelet Yoke (affiliate link) for her sweater since she has more sensitive skin than I do and I have sometimes felt a little itchy around the neck when I wear mine. But as I was contemplating this, Lion Brand released their Mako Cotton (affiliate link)…