Celes Scarf

Pattern:
Celes
Jared Flood

Yarn:
Taiyo Sock
3

I will knit pretty much anything designed by Jared Flood. His work is always gorgeous and wearable. I bought this yarn for myself as a birthday present because I am quickly becoming a huge fan of it. I love the crazy color combinations and the combination of cotton, silk and wool is perfect for everyday scarves. I wanted to find a really big scarf or stole pattern that would have a really beautiful shape and minimal pattern details so that the colors of the yarn would be the focus, but not be super boring and just a plain striped scarf. I feel like this was the perfect pattern. This was also my first project with a knitted on edging, and his instructions were clear enough that I was able to be successful.

I really love the scarf, and I think I'm going to do Willoughby next, since it seems to be very similar.

REALLY needs to be blocked!

The colors are gorgeous

It's so long that it seems impossible to block...

Chicago Winter Snuggly

Patterns:

Boundless

Christa Giles

Deephaven

Bonnie Sennott

Yarn:

Ecological Wool

Natural Grey

I have been dreading the upcoming winter since the snow first started melting in the spring. I knew I wanted to make some sort of hooded scarf that could shield my neck and face from the wind more than a simple hat could. I bought the Boundless pattern last winter for Christmas programming at a living history museum, but I never ended up making it. When I was looking through hooded patterns this fall, I found it again and thought that it would be perfect for what I had in mind. I knit the hood and the first two sections of the cape thinking that it would be a good cowl sort of thing. I was most definitely wrong. The neck section was much bigger than I anticipated and it looked ridiculous.

I ripped out the cowl and started on another project. Wanting to go back to the hooded something since it had started getting colder, I started looking at cowl patterns. I found the Deephaven pattern, which I had seen before in May and really really liked. I decided to combine the Boundless hood and Deephaven cowl. I was skeptical through the entire process, however, I am totally in love with the finished product and to not leave my apartment without it. It's super warm and really fun to wear. It's so snuggly and cuddly that I wear it indoors all the time. It's crazy perfect, and I would definitely do something similar in the future.

Deephaven was perfect with the thicker yarn

The hood works really well with the cowl

Warrrrrrrrrrrmth

Brennan Cardigan

Pattern:
Brennan Cardi
Julia Trice

Yarn:
Mousse
Brown

As far as hours worked, this cardigan was a pretty quick knit. However, it was a pretty boring project, so it took me about three to four months. The finished product is wonderful because it has a really slim and flattering fit. I love wearing it, but I worry I won't be able to wear it a ton because the color is a little weird. It's like a cross between a tan and light brown. I would like to dye it a different color in the future. Maybe a dark purple?

All in all, I am very pleased with the finished sweater. In future, I think I'll look for something that's a bit more of a challenge. I'm thinking a hard core crusty fisherman's sweater is next.

Not bad! Good shaping.

Many different buttons!