....and the last part (testknits)

ok, ok....again it took more time than I thought to get back to this little blog (shame on me....)

here is the last part of the testknits i did

 

pattern. xanti by Hanna Maciejewska

yarn. unknown fingeringing weight from cone (merino blend)

did mine with cap sleeves and an A-Shape rather than waist shaping, also omitted the contrast colors for the hems

 

 

pattern. forever-more by Justyna Lorkowska

yarn. wollerey-schura-silk held together with holst-garn-titicaca

no major mods, i only added 1 short row section to each half of the shawl due to a slightly tighter gauge.

  

pattern. cathedrale by polo sylvie

yarn. ice-yarns-pure-alpaca 

i'm still in doubt that i can wear this bright colour....

 

 

pattern. zippety by Hanna Maciejewska

yarn. midara-angora-2 in light grey + holst-garn-coast---uld-bomuld in col. marlin (which resulted in an adorable, stunningly perfect greyish blue!!!!)

some mods to make this more "me"

shorter body

shorter zipper at the side "seam" (no front zipper)

no front pattern - plain St st for mine ;)

broken rib pattern at the sides from underarm to bottom 

...

still so much work to finish (deadlines over deadlines...)

but we currently do a testknit for this one in the group

 

and i need to say, this is so much fun (no pressure, no obligations, pure designers heaven - relaxing and fun)

after all the designs i did for companies, mags, books (the most of them secret ones with release dates later this year or in the beg of the next year)....testing the ones for self-publishing makes me feel like "coming home"

love,

isa m.

 

a new hat!!!!

had again the pleasure to testknit for Rililie 

we had so much fun while testing this little hat... ;)

in case you're in need of some fun today, check out our

conversation in the testing thread 

the key word is: swatch (hahaha!)

was the first time with this yarn (masgot fine) 

and what can i say.... immediately ordered some more for

a fair isle sweater i have in mind for a while....

i love the feel of this rustic, low processed, sheepy yarn

and i love Sylvies dyework (she will dye up some yarn for me

today...YAY!!!...so exciting!)

now to the pattern

a well thought and clearly written pattern, that leads you

through the pathlessness of basket weave worked in rounds

though i need to confess, that i am no basket weave knitter

(i know this by now!!!)...not that i do not love the look and

the behavior of this stitch...i need stitch patterns with

at least 1 or 2 rows of mindless knitting in the repeat...

i am a lazy knitter, you know  ;)

G. is hiking with the guys today, so i will have the day off ;)

....the plan is to work on my new cardigan

cables

garter

ribbing

contrast coloured trim

classic (but cool...i think)

have a great day out there

isa m.

latest testknits part 3

now to the last two testknits i lately did...

i had the pleasure to knit another adorable boxy sweater for
my dear jo 
worked from the top down, with an amazing tubular cast on
(can you image that this was the first time i did a tubular cast on in my knitting life????)
skinny sleeves and plenty of ease for the body

after working with this beautiful handdyed green yarn
which i used for miyayo's Lin-Lin Shawl 
i was in need of a sweater in this color!
so i spend some time with undyed fingering and some ashford dyes
and here we are:

the only thing i changed was to shorten the body (only a little 

this time - final length from underarm 41 cm)

and i did a different bottom ribbing - just for fun

pattern. boxy-and-buttony by Joji Locatelli

yarn. wollknoll-kammgarn-20/6 (dyed with ashford dyes)

think i will wear this to dead! .... love, love, love my new sweater

the last testknit i did was an asymmetric triangular shawl

designed by sylvie (poloetcie on rav)

this shawl is very light and absolutely cozy and soft

the pattern will be available in cooporation with WalkCollection

in late september

pattern. la havane by Polo Sylvie 

yarns. holst-garn-samarkand and midara-silk-mohair and some

unlabled lace weight silk-cashmere blend for the lace section

now....i think i am ready with all those beauties i forgot to mention here....

the next tests are on the needles...

have a nice sunday ladies ;)

isa m.