Wednesday, January 17, 2024, Issue 330: Happy Wednesday!!

• Posted on 17 January 2024
• By Susan Wong-Tsang
• Posted in January 2024, knitting inspiration, sweater weather, winter knitting
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January has been a rollercoaster with freezing cold one day with blustery strong winds and rain the next so I have been knit, knit, knitting whenever I get the chance...Have you too?

It has definitely been sweater weather and so cold that warm and cozy accessories are a must have for warmth.

The Alive Hat and Alive Cowl by SweaterFreak are her first releases of 2024. Use MADEITSOFAR to get 20% off until Friday, January 19, 2024 so hurry if you want either pattern.

The Alive Hat uses a clever slipped stitch for a fun plaid look and comes in two sizes with a double brim option.

YARN
Sport weight yarn: 
Colour A: 100(125) yards, Color B: 50(75) yards, for double brim, have 120(150) yards of Colour A
For double brim have 20% more of Colour A on hand

MEASUREMENTS
Head Circumference: 18” (21”) to fit 20” (23”) head
Height: 8” (8.75”)

NEEDLES
3.50 mm (US 4) and 3.75 mm (US 5) - 16”/40cm circular needles and DPNs

GAUGE
24 sts/38 rows per 4” square using 3.75 mm (US 5) needles in slipped stitch pattern post blocking

The Alive Cowl is a Moebius cowl that uses the same clever slipped stitch for a fun plaid look. Midway through the colours are inverted - this is a great project for someone who wants to try some easy colour work but not yet ready for a stranded colourwork knit.

YARN
Sport weight yarn: 
Colour A: 275 yards and Colour B: 275 yards

MEASUREMENTS
Circumference: 25”
Height: 8”

NEEDLES
3.75 mm (US 5) - 16”/40cm circular needles – 2 pairs

GAUGE
24 sts/38 rows per 4” square using 3.75 mm (US 5) needles in slipped stitch pattern post blocking

Stash Dive Raglan by Summer Lee was designed to use up some of her ever-growing collection of leftover sock yarn.

This pattern is size inclusive and ranges from a 29” to a 64” inch bust. The pattern is written with 5” of positive ease.

Worsted Weight and Fingering Weight yardage needed by size: 29” (1100), 34” (1175), 37” (1250), 41.5” (1300), 45” (1375), 49” (1450), 53” (1575), 57” (1700), 61” (1775), 64” (1900)

The Stash Dive Raglan is knit seamlessly from the bottom up. Sleeves are knit separately and then joined to the body at the underarm with a raglan yoke. The sweater is knit with a strand of worsted weight yarn and a strand of sock yarn held together.

There are two different options for the neck - both crew and turtleneck. Additionally, there are options for a wider neck or a more fitted neck. The pattern includes tutorials for working with scrap yarn to achieve a marled, blended effect. The tutorials also detail two different methods for dealing with the scrap ends as you go so you won’t have to weave in a million ends when you’re done knitting!

NEEDLES
3.75 mm (US 5) and 4.50 mm (US 7) 

GAUGE
18 stitches = 4 inches in stockinette stitch with both yarns held together and larger needles

WIPs and FOs

I mentioned a few weeks ago that the plan was to knit the pockets for my Growing by Lone Kjeldsen in an alternate colour. As you can now see, I knit the pockets using a different colour of mohair for a subtly different fabric.

What do you think? The pockets are finished and sewn down. I used the blue mohair that I had leftover from my Paloma by Espace Tricot

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I have barely started knitting my sleeves and until it is blocked, the fronts are curling but because I knit the outer pocket with 10 rows of the 3 x 1 rib, the pockets are not curling too much.

KNIT GROUP AND GALLERY

Claudia (@cgriffs01) knit her daughter Caidree’s Home Cardigan Lite using Berroco’s Ultra Alpaca.

Marilyn came to our Tuesday Knit Afternoon wearing her Baldric by Isabell Kraemer.

Rita (ritz) test knit the Alive Hat by SweaterFreak using a grey yarn from stash with a ball of Schoppel Wolle Starke 6.

Rita (ritz) also test knit the Alive Cowl by SweaterFreak using the same yarns she used for her matching hat.

Linda (@robinsonlindarose) finished her Bonnie Isle Beanie by Linda Shearer using Jamieson & Smith 2 Ply Jumper Weight

Linda (lmcnorton) finished her second Alpine Bloom Hat by Caitlin Hunter. She used her hand spun Malabrigo Nube and SweetGeorgia Polwarth+Silk

Carol (@islandcamperstitches) finished the Garri by Védís Jónsdóttir for Ístex that she knit for her son using Istex Alafosslopi.

Jan (mrsjanknits) knit these using a pattern she found on YouTube video by “snufflebean”. Yarn is Queensland Collection Coastal Cotton and Ocean Mist.

Rosemary (@coolknitsbyrose) knit this pair from the Darrowby Sock Set by Summer Lee that were inspired by the stunning knitwear featured in PBS’s series All Creatures Great and Small.

Mary crocheted these two hats using Koigu KPPPM.

Another view of Mary's crocheted hat.

SHOP UPDATE

The newest Koigu Collector Club colour has arrived!

Koigu Collector Colour KPPPM in Pine Grosbeak

Happy Wednesday, Happy Knitting, Crocheting and Crafting!