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Another old sweater, well, a cardigan really.

• DROPS Ribbed Cardigan
• Pattern: 100-2 Jacket with rib in Silke Alpaca (Ravelry) from Garnstudio
• Yarn: 780 m (853 yd) of The Cotton Garden Bella (100% cotton) in color #14 (navy)
• Needles: 4.5 and 5.0 mm
• Mods: Worked sleeves seamlessly from the cuff up, joined together with the body and knitted the rest of the way seamlessly as a circular yoke. And added some waist shaping.

I still have some of that yarn left so I’m thinking maybe doing Radiate from the Spring 2009 Knitty.

Woot, DROPS Summer 2012 patterns are out!

(via DROPS square knitted jacket with lace pattern on the back, cuffs and front bands in ”Alpaca” and ”Kid-Silk”. Size S-XXXL. ~ DROPS Design)

Vote for your favorites of the DROPS Spring/Summer 2012 collection!

Here’s some of mine:

(via Vote our new collection! ~ DROPS Design)

More Christmas balls! Free pattern from DROPS.

(via Knitted DROPS Christmas balls in 2 strands “Alpaca”. ~ DROPS Design)

There’s a name for the yummy turtleneck sweater I test knit: Vaahtokarkki (Marshmallow) by Pirkko Jokela

The test knit is finished! It took me about two weeks but there were a couple of false starts and lots of frogging because I didn’t read the pattern as carefully as I should have. :)

I’m calling this one Frostbitten although the pattern doesn’t have an official name yet.

• Frostbitten
• Pattern: by Pirkko Jokela / The Knitting Cow. Will be published in a 2012 knitting wall calendar later this year.
• Yarn: 5 skeins (545 yards / 499 m) of Garnstudio DROPS Andes (65% wool, 35% alpaca) in #7120 (light gray green)
• Needles: 8.0 and 9.0 mm

Love it! I want to make another one!

Here’s another project that’s been done for two years now but never got posted as finished on Ravelry.

• Granny Smith Cardi
• Pattern: 97-18 Tailored cardigan (Ravelry) from DROPS / garnstudio.com
• Yarn: about 8 skeins (400 g) of Novita Wool in colorway #332 (apple green)
• Needles: 3.5 & 3.0 mm
• Mods: six buttons instead of three, rolled-up hem, seamless set-in sleeves, built-in I-cord edging

sjmgriffin:

Knit Skirt with Cable Pattern by the ever lovely Drops Design

Free Pattern

Yarns suggested: Garnstudio DROPS Karisma Classic
Yarn weight: DK / 8 ply (11 wpi) 
Gauge: 21 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches in stocking st
Needle: size US 6 - 4.0 mm

I don’t do knitted skirts but that’s cute.

For reals this time: the cabled DROPS cardigan pattern has finally been translated to English. And it’s on Ravelry, too. Is it too hot to start knitting winter garments?

(via Knitted DROPS jacket with rounded front pieces and cables in ”Alaska”. Size: S to XXXL. ~ DROPS Design)

Another great Garnstudio pattern! I also covet the model’s hair…

(via Strikket DROPS sjal i “Delight” ~ DROPS Design)

want. pattern. now.

After finishing the MacPalmikkoneule cabled cardi I still had some balls remaining of the yarn. The DROPS Tailored cardigan had been in my queue for a while and seeing villapeikko’s version made me want to knit it even more. A few yardage calculations confirmed me that I had enough yarn and off I went.

• Pattern: DROPS 97-18 Tailored cardigan (ravelry)
• Yarn: about 6.5 skeins (316g/935 yd/855 m) of Novita Wool in colorway #192 (dark teal)
• Needles: 3.5 mm circular
• Mods: I couldn’t get gauge so I took stitch counts from size S and measurements (in cm) from size XS; moss stitch borders instead of garter stitch; knitted body in one piece; top-down seamless set-in sleeves with short-row shaping

I’m so pleased with how this turned out that I’m already knitting another one in apple green. I want one in every color! :)

FO: Drops Bolero

• Pattern: 107-19 Bolero (Ravelry) from DROPS/Garnstudio
• Yarn: The Cotton Garden Bella (100% cotton), colorway #14 (navy), about 4.5 balls (226 g or 360 m/393 yards)
• Needles: 5.0 mm
• Mods: Omitted the button holes and instead did button loops at the end. Continued knitting the garter stitch borders all the way up, then did a knitted-on border along the back neck.

I’d never done a round yoke before but from now on, I’m definitely trying this more often. I’m loving the purl ridges in the yoke part and I’m already mentally modding this to make it a full-length long-sleeve cardi. Wouldn’t it look great in rustic or handspun yarn?

BOO! Skull slippers!

• Pattern: DROPS 104-10 Felted slippers in 2 threads of Eskimo (ravelry)
• Yarn: Novita Huopanen (100% feltable wool) double stranded, colors #370 (moss) and #353 (grass)
• Needles: 10 mm plastic circular needle (huge!)
• Mods: custom size: stitch counts from size 43/45, length (in cm) from size 38/39; knitted the foot in circular knitting, three-needle bind-off, duplicate-stitched skull motif, tweaked heel.