The garment is A-line shaped. The fronts are sideways knit from
centre front to side and the A-line is accomplished with shortrowing. The back
is just a rectangle, knit from top to bottom so the ribbed shawl collar
matches with the front edges. It is a bit of a different shape and I thought it
was fun to make – looks like lots going on because it is made on the LK150 (as
are all my KnS designs) so all the garter ridges, the cabling, and the ribs are
all hand transferred. The weather here finally turned cooler (it’s inevitable,
believe me) and I did design this as an outdoor weight jacket, so I was able to
wear it a couple of times last week and got surprising compliments (all good)
from non-knitters, noticing that it looked good and it looked unique!! See ‘blame it on the weather’ Jul 20, ’12, for
a close up swatch and some other fun details!
I want to give a shout out to Michael Hale of Toronto, who's design in KNITWORDS No 48 was my inspiration for this garment - his was a large rectangle poncho that he had made on his tricked out Ultimate Sweater Machine - he had 2 machines put together along with a 30 needle extension kit, so his poncho was 228 stitches by 220 rows - I had always wanted to make a smaller, more fitted version.
I want to give a shout out to Michael Hale of Toronto, who's design in KNITWORDS No 48 was my inspiration for this garment - his was a large rectangle poncho that he had made on his tricked out Ultimate Sweater Machine - he had 2 machines put together along with a 30 needle extension kit, so his poncho was 228 stitches by 220 rows - I had always wanted to make a smaller, more fitted version.
5 comments:
Beautiful job, and it looks great on you!
Mary Anne, I wish I could have recorded all the wonderful comments about the workshop you did for our Germantown, WI club last month! You are an inspiration! I love the new sweater pattern that I will be getting in the magazine. Can't wait to try it out! Happy Thanksgiving in Canada. :-)
Mary in Wisconsin, USA, where we do celebrate Thanksgiving.
Yes, I was at the same meeting as Mary Hay. At lunch we agreed it is great to see someone who wears her knits and looks as great as you. That is the best inspiration of all! Looks like my to-knit list just got longer!
Great looking sweater, Mary Anne!
You and Lorna in the same magazine....a yarn store owners dream!
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