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Introducing Long Island Iced Tea , a Grandpa Vest I didn't even plan to make, but now that I own it, I am in love with this - and can't believe I lasted so long without a cardigan vest!  What was I thinking? As you might guess, this yarn was intended to be a long sleeved sweater. I was working on it and for some reason, I just stalled before adding the sleeves.  I knew it was the next step, and I fully planned on knitting them, but instead, I kept wearing the unfinished vest around the house -  over a flannel, over a tee, over a casual dress -- it just worked with everything.  Gabriella also gave it a whirl, with a simpler shirt - and since she's taller than my sister and me, she wears it with a little less length.  Still looks good. Who am I to argue, right?  It wanted to be a vest and it's pretty perfect this way. A little slouch, some cozy pockets, a lot of simple ribbed knitting and - another bonus - it was done in no time. The texture of the ribbing al...

Genever is a fun little colorwork hat that just makes me happy.  It was designed to celebrate my feature as the March Designer of the Month over at Stephen and Penelope , the charming yarn shop in Amsterdam owned by Malia Mather and Stephen West.  If you are in the area, do stop by and although I'm not actually there (snif), a few of my sample knits are! And if you decide to buy your yarn to make this FROM Stephen and Penelope , they have a special Ravelry code they'll give you for $2 off the pattern. That works either online or in person, and it won't expire, ever.  Because..  Genever - there should be some reward for purchasing your yarn for this in the country that made the predecessor to today's gin, shouldn't there be?  We OWE them, don't we?  Because gin.   The hat itself is a combination of travel memories for me.  I first found out about Genever when traveling to Amsterdam myself a few years ago - the time I met both Malia and Ste...

So, yes I did start off nice and slow, didn't I?  I haven't even managed to blog for an entire month. But I DID release two patterns I wanted to tell you about - again with the wonderful folks over at YOTH.  Last year, for Stitches West, we worked on the Vodka Collection, and we had said this would be the first in a few collaborations with Veronika and her lovely yarns. I'm looking at the different ways in which we all knit, and thinking about collections that would encompass the different kinds of knitters out there. The Vodka Collection was an exploration of the same shape of cardigan in 3 different ways, ranging from  some stockinette-heavy TV knitting to some  more committed cables - and you can read about those HERE . So THIS year, we wanted to do another collection and I wanted to look at different types of knitters again, but this time in terms of the types of yarn we pick.  I started with big goals - another 4 (or even 5!) pieces, each in a different we...