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vanessarama ([personal profile] vanessarama) wrote2013-09-05 09:27 pm

Knitting

Did I tell you that I've managed a fair bit of knitting lately?

Here is a lovely warm vest/short-sleeved jacket that I finished last month


It's not lopsided... it's the way I am standing :)

The pattern is called Ardara, from a book called Contemporary Irish Knits. It's knitted in a lovely limited edition yarn by Bendigo Woollen Mills called 'Harvest' which contains wool, alpaca and bamboo. It really didn't take me long, and it's tremendously warm. I have developed quite a thing for cables lately - I've always liked them but lately I've become obsessed with them. The buttons are made from repurposed Tasmanian forest wood - I bought them while I was in Tassie last year.

I'm now working on a big ol' comfy sweater pattern with the charming name 'Tea with Jam and Bread'. Another lovely warm one, knit in one piece. I've finished the body and have just begun on a sleeve, and am delighted that the body fits perfectly.
james: (Default)

[personal profile] james 2013-09-05 12:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice! I always think I want to knit sweaters, but then I realise a) that's a lot of yarn and b) I don't wear sweaters. ;-)

But i bet those cables were fun to make!
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[personal profile] scribblemoose 2013-09-05 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Lovely cabling work there! Looks very cosy.
nonniemous: (yarn porn!)

[personal profile] nonniemous 2013-09-06 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
It's gorgeous! I am always in awe of your knittingand your ability to get things finished!