I am publishing the oh so cute Little Boy Blue Vest today!!
It is a handsome cable vest just perfect for a handsome baby boy!
The vest is constructed from the top down in one piece with short-row shoulder shaping. The trim and bottom band can be worked in a contrast color as shown or worked in the same color as the body.
The blue and brown colors reminded me of a robin’s egg, hence the name.
The summer issue of Interweave knits is out! I have a pattern in it, Sundry Tank!
This tank is worked sideways with eyelet stripes and a crochet edge worked in a contrast color. There are short rows worked on the bottom half to add fullness that skims around the hips.
The yarn used for this tank is Shibui Linen and Staccato. I love Shibui yarns. Their linen works up wonderfully and has a lovely drape. Their staccato is soft and has a very nice sheen and drape. If you haven’t tried this yarn I highly recommend it!
There are lots of great knits in this issue. A few of my other favorites are the Regatta Tee, Midsummer Aran and Wendy’s Pullover.
Spring has sprung in east Tennessee! The dogwoods are blooming and everything is beautiful and fresh.
In keeping with the spring cleaning rituals, I decide it was time to clean out my swatch basket. I am always making swatches to experiment with pattern stitches and bring all the ideas in my head to life. They end up in my swatch basket along with bits of yarn.
Apparently my yarn likes to follow the principle of entropy! It amazes me how quickly it all gets tangled up.
Much better! Now I can get to a swatch without pulling out a mass of tangled yarn with it.
Up coming pattern releases: The vest for baby boy is done and the pattern is at the editors. And I have a lovely tank coming out soon in the summer issue of Interweave Knits!
It has been very busy here at Wood House Knits. Finished up 3 projects and got them in the mail yesterday, yea!! One for knit.wear Fall 2013 (an Interweave publication). It turned really cool, can’t wait for you all to see it! Of course you will have to wait for fall. The other two are for another Iris Schreier (ArtYarns) book called One + One Wraps. All the projects use her wonderful yarn, it is a dream to work with. You will have to wait awhile for these though; the book is not coming out until fall 2014.
A big thank you to all the yarnies at Clinch River Yarns!! The Trunk Show was so much fun. Got to meet lots of wonderful people and play with lots of yarn ideas for the patterns. And my Charisse class on Saturday went well also. I had great students, it was fun getting to know them. I got to share some of my tricks of the trade and they shared some of theirs with me. So we all got to learn something! Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures, so I have none to share.
But I can share what I am working on now:
This is a swatch for a vest for a sweat baby boy! I haven’t made anything for my grandson yet and he is year; so it is time. The vest will worked from the top down with a nice cable pattern. Hopefully, if all goes well I will be publishing the pattern in a couple of weeks! Stayed tune for more!!