Friday, July 5, 2013

a sneak peek, some daisies and a new pattern

proudly presenting:
marsa alam
this cute and classic cardigan is so versatile.....
you can do it with stripes
or without
with some intarsia
or even fair isle pattern
with short sleeves
or 3/4 sleeves
or, for sure, with long sleeves
there are sooooo many possibilities in this pattern...


get the pattern here (ravelry)

i am so grateful for my incredible testknitting ladies
without their help i would have been lost, that's for sure!
please take a look at those wonderful cardigans they made during
the test

currently working on a modified version of this

this time with random stripes (i am using 6 colors!!!)
a v-neck and long sleeves
it will take me another week or two to finish
but i'm sure you will love it ;)

...aaaand another beauty went off my needles the last month:


let's talk about some daisies....
i really enjoyed knitting the daisy stitch pattern 
and loooove how this turned out 

i dyed the yarn especially for this project when hanna 
asked me to test this cute little cardi

as the yarn i dyed was a little thinner than the recommended
my gauge was off - i did size 34 instead of 32 as usual
and this worked absolutely fine
the length i did is inbetween the cropped and long version
given in the pattern, also i failed with the pattern on the 
sleeves.....i interchanged the instructions for left and right
so my pattern goes the other way round, but i don't mind that,
i think it looks lovely as it is!

pattern. spring is pink 
yarn. merino 150 by LANG YARNS


....and now to the promised sneak peek
ha!...i made a new sweater!!!
nothing fancy - simple lines, a little bit oversized
aaaand with stripes (the love affair continues....)
pure stockinette stitch pleasure!!


easy raglan contruction with a flattering boat neck
and some really cute red stripes

i used some Holst supersoft 100% uld for this
and the result is sooo light and incredibly soft after washing
-i will definitely use this again


hope you all have good days

isa m.




11 comments:

  1. Love your new designs and wish I'd have more time to knit all these beauties.

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  2. Oh I really love this new sweater!! Gorgeous shape! Will you make a pattern?

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  3. The new sweater looks great - simple but fantastic - whenever you are in need of a testknitter I would be happy to help ;-) !

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  4. I'd love to test knit for you again, let me know if you are accepting test knitters for your new sweater!

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  5. Your new sweater is wonderful! If you need a test knitter, I would love to help.

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  6. Love the new sweater.
    Seems I'm all about the stripes as well.
    So smart!

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  7. ...love the oversized sweater - is there alraedy a pattern available?
    Love and Bye
    Gabi

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  8. Oh I just discovered the last one... beautiful pattern ! is it one of yours ?

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    1. Yes it is - the pattern is ready to test - are you interested?

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  9. Hi ISA,
    I am also interested at the Pattern of the oversize Sweater.

    Heike

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