Showing posts with label cardigan/jacket/sweater. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cardigan/jacket/sweater. Show all posts

Thursday, April 22

Endless Knitted Cardi Shawl


Pattern: Endless Knitted Cardi Shawl by Jennifer Hansen,
Yarn used: Online Sandy, Blue.
Needle used: 3.5mm

This is a very comfortable and flexible cardi which you can wear in many ways.
I've tried mine in a few common ways which I preferred.
As a normal cardi/jacket...
When I need to keep my neck warm...
As cropped cardi..
without the shawl pin..
Turn it around and wear as a shrug..
Another way to wear as a shrug..
Here will show you many other ways of wearing this "Endless Knitted Cardi/Shawl". Click on "You Tube" to see the Demonstration!!

Thursday, April 8

Long Night by Tanya Alpert

Wonderful knitting book with beautiful Japanese designs, most of the patterns are using Habu Textiles yarn. This is one of my Christmas gifts from a dear friend. Love it so much! Thank you, thank you dear buddy for being so thoughtful! hehe i think you knew I have lots of Habu yarns!
When received this book, the first pattern attracted me was the pattern on the cover, but because I do not have the suitable yarn for that pattern, I have to go for this one.....
Pattern: Long Night
Yarn used: Habu Tsumugi Silk + Habu Linen Paper
Knitting Needle: 5.0mm
The FO is so so light and comfortable!! But I still have not found a suitable button!!
Thus, for time being, I'm using a shawl pin...
This is the back.
The construction of the pattern is just amazing!!
Stitches used are garter stitch, stockinette stitch, 1x1 rib stitch, increase & decrease. Charts of different sizes are also provided besides the written instructions.
It's knitted in 3 separated pieces then seam together and you get this FO!!

Monday, June 15

Phildar Kimono Sweater

This pattern is well written in a chart with various sizes. I follow the increase as Eliana. Eliana has been great help to give some advice. Thanks Eliana!!
This sweater was completed about a week ago and it took me a while hunting for the buttons. Finally I managed to get the buttons from May Craft, Subang Jaya.

Pattern: from Phildar Spring/Summer 09 magazine

Blocking.... yarn: Online, Sandy 100% cotton.

needles used: 3.0mm and 3.5 mm

Saturday, May 16

Simple Cropped Cardigan

Yarn used: 7 balls Rowan Cotton Tape
Knitting needle: 5.5mm
A quick project, knitting from top down, no seaming required.

Monday, March 16

St. John's Wort Cardigan


Pattern: St. John's Wort Cardigan
by Cathy Carron, Interweave Knits, Spring 2009
Needle : US 2½ / 3.0 mm
Yarn used: Schachenmayr nomotta Catania
6.5 skeins = 890.5 yards (814.3m)
Knitting on the lace pattern was interesting while knitting on the seed stitches was real boring!! Nevertheless, the combination of both patterns resulted with a beautiful FO!!

Great pattern!!



Sunday, June 8

Lace Cardigan

Remember my "oversized top"?
It was left in a corner of my cupboard for about 2 months and finally
I decided to do some adjustment and modification and it fits me very well now!
Information of this pattern: combination of The Lace Cardigan from Drop Design and Juliet.

Wednesday, May 21

Phildar Short Cardigan

The charts are given in details, it’s straight forward and easy to follow. I knitted “S” size and follow the charts of the 4th size because of the yarns I used are thiner then the pattern asked for. The lenght of the body and sleeves are adjusted according to my size. Knitting a black project may be very tiring to my eyes!! But I am glad that i finally finished it and most importantly i love it!!

Yarns used: 6.5 balls Four Seasons Gründl Miami
Colour: Black

Wearing it with a pin

Wearing it w/o a pin

Friday, April 4

Hourglass Jacket

Normally when i read crochet pattern instructions, I'll be blur and confused. But when i read this pattern instructions and surprisingly found it very easy to understand and follow! I like the broomstick lace pattern, I like the short rows at the sleeve and above all I like it because there is no seaming required!
I was very keen to start this project immediately because it also requires a pair of 15mm knitting needle!!

Oh ya, talking about this 15mm needle which I bought years ago when DH and I were in Estonia with another couple. We were in a LYS and our friend's wife almost wanted to buy a shawl (drop stitch triangle shawl) which they displayed in the shop which cost 3x the price of the yarn! I discouraged her to buy, instead i bought the yarns and the 15mm needle and knitted the same shawl and presented it to her in 2 days later. She was amazed and was very happy to own that shawl!

Thus this pair of needle were not been used since then! When I saw the broomstick pattern which requires 15mm needle, I quickly went to look at my needles' bag to check if the needles were still there! Yes, still intact!
Here it is, it's completed! It took me about a week! love it.
Pattern: Hourglass Jacket
Yarn used: 7 balls 125m/50g Catania 100% cotton
It's a bit loose, but very comfortable.

The sleeve part: I like how the short rows worked. It's very neat!


This is the contrast waistband, crochet ribbing;

This is to show you the decrease stitches below the armhole.

Friday, December 14

Cable Grande Pullover

Had a wonderful long break, I am back now!

This is what i had knitted to bring along with me to the other side of the world. The Cable Grande Pullover from Knit n Style, Feb 07 issue 147.




Yarn: 10 balls 87m/50g Jaeger Extra Fine Merino Aran
Colour: Peacock
Needle used: Addi turbo circular knitting needle sizes: 4mm & 5mm.

Wednesday, September 26

Cropped Cardigan

This cropped cardigan was knitted sometime ago and I like it very much and used it very frequently. Inspired by Lion Brand, Cropped Raglan Sweater, and I modified the pattern according to how I want my cropped cardigan to be. Thus, the following changes were made:

1. Double ribbing at the neckline, I knitted 1" instead of 2.5".
2. Front bands: I knitted 1" single ribbing vertically at each end and knitted together with the body.
3. Sleeves bands: I changed to single ribbing of 2.5".
4. Lower body was ended with 5" single ribbing.

Yarns used: Rowan all seasons cotton. 4.5 balls x 90m/50g
Colour: Surf 162
Gauge:18sts x 25rows = 4ins
Needle: Addi 3.5mm & 4mm addi circular needle

Tuesday, September 4

Tilted Duster Jacket


Pattern: Tilted Duster Jacket, by Norah Gaughan, IK Fall 2007
Yarn used: Sirdar Country Style DK 3 1/4 balls of 318m/100g

Tuesday, August 7

Arisaig Cardigan


Yarn Used: Miami 100% mercerised cotton
8 x 50g/ball
Colour: grey
Pattern :
Date Completed : June 2007

Rockstar Jacket














Yarn used:
Jaeger Sienna 100% mercerised cotton
7 x 50g/ball
Colour : Driftwood
Pattern : Rockstar Jacket from alchemyyarns
www.alchemyyarns.com/088design.html
Date Completed : April 2007