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When I look back on this year, I see I have posted 8 times and 4 of those posts were about cats 😽..But I can't let the l...
10/31/2021

When I look back on this year, I see I have posted 8 times and 4 of those posts were about cats 😽
..But I can't let the last day of October go by without posting some photos of one of my favourite designs ! 🎃🍂

This design came to be because I wanted an oversized cable-knit sweater that would keep me toasty warm through crisp fall days and chilly winter months. It's in pieces and seamed before the collar is picked up, and includes generous pockets and optional thumbholes if, like me, you like turning sleeves into fingerless mitts!
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The most suitable yarns for The October Sweater will be at least bulky weight, and have a similar or lighter weight-to-length ratio as the yarn used for the sample, Julie Asselin Douillet. When swatching to test gauge, your fabric should feel tight and have minimal drape. You can check the store locator on 's site to find Douillet near you. 💗

Hello and I hope everyone is having a good start to the week 💙 I'm here to formally introduce my new (and free!) pattern...
07/06/2020

Hello and I hope everyone is having a good start to the week 💙 I'm here to formally introduce my new (and free!) pattern, the Labradorite Scarf. ⁠
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The Labradorite Scarf was designed to show off the colour gradations of Dyed in the Wool yarn 💙 Swipe to the next image to see a closeup, then swipe again to see the Labradorite colourway that the scarf was named after! This is a beginner-friendly, straightforward pattern which incorporates three colours and weights of yarn, blending them together through alternating combinations of knitting two strands of yarn together. With so many possible combinations, it is a wonderful stash-busting project. ⁠
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C1: Spincycle Yarns Dyed In the Wool, 100% wool, 200 yards / 182 metres per skein, shown in “Labradorite,” 3 skeins⁠
C2: Worsted weight yarn, 255 yards / 233 metres (I used Woolfolk Far ⁠in “05)
C3: Fi*****ng weight yarn, 95 yards / 87 metres (I used Woolfolk Sno ⁠in “01 + 02”)
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Right now this pattern is available on Ravelry as a free download, but I am also in the process of re-designing my website to allow downloads directly from there. I know that a large number of people have been experiencing significant problems with the new Ravelry design. If you would like this pattern but cannot use or don't want to use Ravelry, please let me know and I'll email it to you directly. You can DM me your email, or email me at [email protected] 💙

Image descriptions: The first photo shows Shaun smiling and wearing the Labradorite Scarf. He is going for a walk outside, and pink cherry blossoms, trees, and sky are in the background.
The second photo shows a closeup of the Labradorite scarf draped on a light wood background. It is a textured, hand-knit scarf in contrasting blue, black, white, and brown yarn.
The third photo shows a loose skein of yarn that is primarily blue but incorporates contrasting shades of brown. The yarn is draped over cut slices of wood.
@ Riley Park - Little Mountain, Greater Vancouver

Sunning my in-progress , short-sleeved / summer version ☀️🖤 ⠀(Sun helps knits grow faster - please confirm or deny?!) 😘...
04/30/2020

Sunning my in-progress , short-sleeved / summer version ☀️🖤 ⠀
(Sun helps knits grow faster - please confirm or deny?!) 😘🌿⠀

🔘 Back⁠⠀🔘 Front⁠⠀🔘 Left sleeve⁠*⠀⚪️ Right sleeve⁠⠀⚪️ Seaming⁠⠀⚪️ Collar⁠⠀⠀*Has been ripped back and re-knit 3 times 🤔🤫⠀⁠...
04/18/2020

🔘 Back⁠⠀
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⚪️ Right sleeve⁠⠀
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*Has been ripped back and re-knit 3 times 🤔🤫⠀
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Shaun suggested he could be the model for this upcoming scarf pattern... who am I to argue?? ⁠⠀⁠⠀(We used our one-walk-p...
03/29/2020

Shaun suggested he could be the model for this upcoming scarf pattern... who am I to argue?? ⁠⠀
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(We used our one-walk-per-day-around-the-neighbourhood-staying-away-from-others to take photos 🌸) ⁠⠀
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If you saw an icepack on my wrist in a recent story, this project is the culprit. But I'm not holding a grudge 🖤⠀⁠⠀It's ...
03/23/2020

If you saw an icepack on my wrist in a recent story, this project is the culprit. But I'm not holding a grudge 🖤⠀
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It's almost all stockinette, with a few added details and switches in yarn mixing, so simple in theory but seeing the fabric knit up was so hypnotic I couldn't stop speed-knitting. I ended up in agony for days after one particularly productive weekend. I know my limitations but I ignore them. I'm an Aries!⁠⠀
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In these strange days of uncertainty, I'm looking forward to publishing a pattern that is a nice, simple, lovely little project with major stash-busting potential. I will be offering a discount code so that it can be a free pattern to anyone who wishes.⁠ ⠀
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Are your fur friends particularly drawn to certain yarns? It has recently become apparent that Rohmer has a fave, and it...
03/06/2020

Are your fur friends particularly drawn to certain yarns? It has recently become apparent that Rohmer has a fave, and it’s Watershed. I can certainly relate. Shaun and I have been leaving our Gambier sweaters out for his napping enjoyment 🖤 ⠀
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My favourite photo (so far) of 🖤 ⠀⠀Hello friends! I’m slowly emerging from a terrible flu that knocked me out after th...
01/01/2020

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Hello friends! I’m slowly emerging from a terrible flu that knocked me out after the holidays, and I’m finally emerging from bed and crawling towards 2020 (and the couch) with optimism 🙏💓⠀
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It’s a delicate balance spending quality time offline and being present online, but this year I genuinely have had so much joy seeing what everyone is up to on Instagram, following your knitting projects, and digging into many articulate and much needed conversations with generous and amazing people about how we can do better as a community, and as humans. May we pledge to never “just get back to knitting” 💙⠀
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Thanks for being here with me in 2019, I love your company, and I can’t wait to see what 2020 has in store for us! ✨⠀
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I was just going to caption this "dark days = moody knits" but I also have something else to say —⠀⁠⠀In the past I have ...
12/18/2019

I was just going to caption this "dark days = moody knits" but I also have something else to say —⠀
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In the past I have scrapped fully formed sweater designs because once I see the fabric knit up, I know it will not work for all sizes. Beyond the actual math, working on designs that can be functionally graded to an inclusive range of sizes is a joy of designing, and the more I do it, the more I learn and the better I get! ⁠⠀
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On a related note, if you're a knitter who is not convinced about seaming sweaters, I will make it my goal to convert you 😎 While seamless is great for certain designs and projects, a good seam is a reliable way to lend structure. It is so important that a design will work across all sizes, and seams are a great way to hold the shape of your fabric in place. I love using seams as a design as well as architectural element, especially when working with cables.⁠⠀
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I am getting heart palpitations (in a good way) working on this upcoming sweater design. It's going to be a cableknit ⚡️extravaganza⚡️ in the most beautiful, soft, lightweight (but actually bulky weight!) Douillet ⁠💙⠀
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Happy Birthday to this rare gem! He makes things better wherever he goes 🌸☺️💓💎⠀
05/01/2019

Happy Birthday to this rare gem! He makes things better wherever he goes 🌸☺️💓💎⠀

A little more progress on my 🖤⁣⠀I'm generally a slow knitter due to multiple WIPs, lack of spare time, and a cyst on ...
04/24/2019

A little more progress on my 🖤⁣⠀
I'm generally a slow knitter due to multiple WIPs, lack of spare time, and a cyst on my wrist that gets angry if I knit too much... but I'm already dreaming of outfits for this sweater! **Don't read on if you don't like descriptions of medical stuff. I hate descriptions of medical stuff but I want to share ideas** ⁣😅⠀
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I mentioned the cyst in my stories recently and lots of knitters replied that they have one too! (It's technically called a ganglion cyst.) From what I understand it's caused by repetitive stress and / or former injury to a joint, and is pretty common to pop up on the back of the wrist which is where mine is. They are not necessarily painful, but mine is because it's hitting a nerve. I am pretty sure I've had it in some form or other since the early 2000s. I've tried to smash it (OUCH), I've tried to have a chiropractor burst it (DIDN'T BUDGE), I've had prolotherapy (NEEDLES, I hate needles) to no avail. I know that aspiration is an option (now I feel like fainting), and surgery is too, but both scare me and there is a decent reoccurrence rate so I'm not sure I want to go down either of those roads. The only things I've found that help are rest, immobilizing the joint (knitting with a brace), and the biggest improvement overall was from taking collagen supplements. If other knitters have any experience with this and want to share any tips, I'd love to hear! A few responses / ideas I got in my stories were to change up knitting styles, use a compression ⁣brace, aspiration, and surgery (ok ok maybe I'll consider the last two!) ✨⁣😬✨⠀
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These clouds of grey fabric that have been hanging around our apartment for months (😬) will soon be seamed and transform...
04/19/2019

These clouds of grey fabric that have been hanging around our apartment for months (😬) will soon be seamed and transform into a very wearable sweater, if all goes according to plan. But first: escape from sleeve island 🌴 ⠀
Yarn: Dusk ✨⠀

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