A New Pattern and a New Website!

Remember the Day Beret?  And the Early Morning Beret?  Knitters have been asking me if these berets will be available in other gauges.  The answer is yes, and all in one!  Here is the Simple Beret, written for fingering, sport, worsted and bulky weight yarns.

fingering weight

YARN: 1 skein The Fibre Company Canopy Fingering (50% Baby Alpaca, 30% Merino Wool, 20% Bamboo; 200 yd per 50 g skein) in Obsidian OR 200 yd of fingering weight yarn

GAUGE: 28 sts and 40 rnds = 4" / 10 cm in St st

dk weight

YARN: 2 skeins The Fibre Company Acadia
(60% Merino Wool, 20% Baby Alpaca, 20% Silk; 145 yd per 50 g skein) in Bog OR 200 yd of DK weight yarn

GAUGE: 23 sts and 32 rnds = 4" / 10 cm in St st

worsted weight

YARN: 1 skein The Fibre Company Canopy Worsted (50% Baby Alpaca, 30% Merino Wool, 20% Bamboo; 200 yds per 100 g skein) in River Dolphin OR 200 yd of worsted weight yarn 

GAUGE: 20 sts and 28 rnds = 4" / 10 cm in St st

bulky weight

YARN: 1 skein The Fibre Company Tundra
(60% Baby Alpaca, 30% Merino Wool, 10% Silk; 120 yd per 100 g skein) in Taiga OR 120 yd of bulky weight yarn

GAUGE: 14 sts and 18 rnds = 4" / 10 cm in St st 

ALSO, thanks to my husband Abe I launched a new website today!  It's much easier to navigate, particularly the patterns page.  Soon I'll be adding a tutorial section as well.

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Cradle Cardigan KAL - Part 1

This is the first installment of the Cradle Cardigan knit-a-long. In this video we'll go over long-tail cast on, make one left and make one right increases, backward loop cast on and yarn over buttonholes.

In this first installment of the Cradle Cardigan knit-a-long, we'll:

- cast on using a long-tail cast on (I'm working with Chickadee) - work make one left (M1L) and make one right (M1R) increases - work a backwards loop cast on - work a yarn over (yo) button hole

A few disclaimers -- this video production stuff is totally new to me. So the fact that it sounds like there's a rattle snake in the room with me...not sure why that is. Also, I'm feeling a little vulnerable knitting in front of ALL of you...I'm sure among you are some very precise knitters. There are many different techniques you can use when knitting, this is just a sampling of some of the ones I love and the way I do them. Hey - maybe it will be helpful to some of you!

The next installment will air later this week. We'll be dividing the sleeves from the body.

Feel free to leave a comment with any questions you might have, or if you'd like to share a favorite cast on or way of working increases!

Do you have your copy of Mabel's Closet yet?

See you on Monday

Thanks to Jerusha for helping me put this first KAL video together today...okay, so maybe I didn't realize what I was getting into when I set out to do this :)  I DO know how to knit, so that's good.  We'll see about production quality...we think atleast the content will be solid!