Although I do not plan to publish the pattern for Ithilien Brocade Jacket, I did want to detail some of the construction ideas I experimented with. Waist Shaping: I wanted this to be a fitted garment; and with the detailed stitch pattern, I knew I’d need to plan the shaping to happen at ‘seamlines’. Since I knit it in the… Continue Reading Ithilien construction details
Continue reading →I’ve recently discovered a different kind of Viking knitting. Not like my Viking socks, which have cable designs taken from Viking stone carving and other artifacts (I highly recommend Elsebeth Lavold’s book Viking Patterns for Knitting for this), but with wire! This kind of work has evidently been called Viking knitting for a long, long time, and is a method… Continue Reading Viking knitting
Continue reading →I’ll readily admit it – I’m as easily amused as your average 5-year-old. Sit me down in front of an anthill or give me a kaleidoscope, and go do your shopping. (I’ve decided to consider this a charming personality trait rather than an indicator of mental development.) Anyhow, it turns out that starting over on that sleeve had another benefit.… Continue Reading As much fun as mud pies
Continue reading →I will let the pictures speak for themselves first… No, I didn’t mix up the captions.I ripped out the whole sleeve, back to the cuff. It had slowly dawned on me that, aside from having other projects that I needed to work on, I was becoming reluctant to knit on this sleeve. I enjoy watching this colorful knitted fabric grow… Continue Reading Before and after
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