Last month I finished my Samana top, which is a paid for pattern by Berroco. All that is left to do is hand-wash and block it. And wear it out. Overall, this took 3 months to the day to complete. I would have finished it sooner had it not been for a few false starts…
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Samana
While I was on vacation with my family in Myrtle Beach, I stopped in Knit-n- Purl and saw Samana sampled on a mannequin form. For me, it was knitting project love at first sight… This Berroco pattern calls for Linus yarn which the store didn’t sell but I was told Modern Cotton by Berroco would work just as well. I cast this on after finishing…
Summer Cap Sleeve Lattice Sweater
Back in the beginning of June, I went stash diving for yarn that would be good for Purl Soho’s Cap Sleeve Lattice Sweater which proved to be a bit challenging…at first. I stumbled upon the 5 skeins of Berroco Maya that I had which is a dk weight and 85% Pima Cotton / 15% Alpaca…
Whatcha’ Swatchin’?
I went to one of my most favorite LYS Natural Stitches a little over a week ago and decided to get measured for one of the Custom Fit patterns by Amy Herzog. So to start the process, I had my measurements taken and picked out my yarn. Picking out yarn… fun! Getting measurements taken… not…
Rayures & new Berroco yarn
I went to one of my LYS this afternoon with the intention of only looking but we all know how that goes… Needless to say, I picked up a lovely cowl pattern after having modeled the display the store had and I also picked up some yarn to make it out of. The pattern is…
Is it no surprise I now have a tea stash?
I had to hit up Teavana a week or so ago and I bought a new favorite herbal- Peach Bellini Blush. It is amazing!! I also bought the Guava Papaya which is equally good. My tea stash is beginning to look a lot like my yarn stash- out of control!! So I had to frog…
WIP – Big Herringbone Cowl #2
One of my current WIP is another Big Herringbone Cowl that I am making for my sister. I am knitting this in Berroco’s Ultra Alpaca in colorway # 6201. It is 50% alpaca and 50% wool and there are 215 yards to a skein. Even though I used two skeins of the Blue Sky Alpaca…
