Walpole

When Jared Flood approached me about creating a design for Wool People 3 I had to stop and think. I was relatively close to having a baby and had told myself no more designing was allowed. Once I saw his inspiration boards, well, Walpole came to mind...how could I not make it happen? A few weeks after Mabel was born, it was exciting to see my design beautifully presented by Mr. Flood.

Photographs: Copyright Brooklyn Tweed

Knit at a slightly looser gauge with LOFT, this is absolutely a comfortable cardigan. I look forward to seeing many versions of it popping up on Ravelry, in all the colors of the LOFT rainbow!

PATTERN DETAILS:

MATERIALS (1350, 1500, 1650, 1800) (1950, 2100, 2275, 2450) yards of fingering weight wool yarn (5, 6, 6, 7) (8, 8, 9, 9) skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50g) Photographed in color "Snowbound"

GAUGE Working Gauge: 25 stitches & 37 rows = 4" in Stockinette Stitch (knit on RS; purl on WS) with Gauge Needle, before blocking

Finished Gauge: 24 stitches & 36 rows = 4" in Stockinette Stitch with Gauge Needle; measurement taken from relaxed fabric after blocking

NEEDLES One 32" circular needle and one set of 5 double-pointed needles (DPNs) in size needed to obtain gauge Suggested size: 3¾ mm (US 5)

FINISHED DIMENSIONS (34, 36¾, 39¼, 42) (44¾, 47¼, 50, 52¾)" finished (blocked) garment circumference at bust Intended Ease: +2-3"

Sample shown is size 36¾" with +1¾" ease on model

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Did you catch Jared's guest post last month?

Meet my New Bird

There's a new bird in the house.  It's Miss Mabel Bird! Here she is, one day old, in the bonnet I had knit her. It fit her for half a second. Here she is at one week. Here she is at one month with her 2 year old brother, who's handling her arrival pretty well.

And here she is now, at six weeks old. It's gone so fast, I can hardly believe. She's such a pleasant little baby, and we're trying to enjoy every moment of her development.

As I slowly poke my head up out of my nest, I hope to share some of the crafting that has taken place here over the past few months. I hope you've all been having a splendid summer!

Illustration by Neesha Hudson.

TNNA Wrap-Up

Hi, it's Deirdre again! Back from TNNA, and struggling to write a wrap-up post. How do you distill four awesome days into one blog post? I have started and stopped this post several times because I just can't find the words to convey how AMAZING, FUN, and all-around FABULOUS it was to be at TNNA this year! First off, I got to meet and share a booth with Courtney Kelley and Kate Gagnon Osborn, who run Kelbourne Woolens and distribute The Fibre Company yarns (swoon!). Both of them are just as wonderful as you can imagine, and I really enjoyed spending four days with them. Throughout the trade show, people kept stopping by the booth just to squoosh the lovely yarns, and I don't blame them! There may have been a good amount of squooshing done by me, as well.

Set-up day was Friday, and it took several hours to iron and hang curtains, unfurl and steam skeins of yarn, set up garment displays, etc. All of the booths were being set up at the same time, so it was a hectic flurry of activity in the convention hall. It was all new to me so it was hard not to stare every time a member of the "knitterati" walked by. Norah Gaugahn and I nearly bowled each other over in a doorway and I admit that I may have texted my brother immediately to tell him what happened. By the end of it the booth was looking quite snazzy and we were all tired but ready for the first day of shopping, which began at 9am on Saturday.

Saturday - Sunday - Monday. The show floor was open! It was SOOO much fun! I got to meet many of the shops who order Knitbot patterns in person, and I was able to show a photo of Hannah's darling baby girl to all who asked. People had a good time trying on Knitbot samples and I wish I had had the presence of mind to take more photos of them. But really, the whole weekend was just such a blur!

One of the best parts was seeing all the enthusiasm people have for the Coastal Kids patterns, and with good reason! I had some samples out on the table and no one could resist the Tiny Rocky Coast sweater--it was a crowd-pleaser, that's for sure!

The weekend was full of meeting wonderful shop owners who I have only spoken with on the phone, chatting with enthusiastic newcomers to Knitbot patterns, and meeting loads of fun and fabulous members of the knitting community whose blogs I have read for years and who were all so kind and lovely. And of course I spent a fair share of time at the famous North Market, home to Jeni's Ice Cream and other fabulous eateries. Re-entry to the real world was difficult, but I have my memories of the event to carry with me every day.