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I’ve been finishing projects left and right this week. One of them was the test knit poncho/capelet for brendadada on Ravelry. This is a great layering piece — very light but surprisingly warm

• On Ravelry: Glacial Capelet
• Pattern: Seaham Sheer Poncho (£2.50 on Ravelry) by Brenda Burrell
• Yarn: 1.5 skeins (712 yd/650 m) of Hjertegarn Kunstgarn in color #02 for the main body and 30 yd/28 m of Apleks fingering-weight 2-ply yarn for the i-cord drawstrings
• Needles: 4.5 and 5.0 mm

There’s a little story behind the name of this project. Originally, I bought the yarn at Sommerfuglen in Copenhagen. It’s apparently the yarn store the Danish queen shops in! Their website is the only place I’ve seen that lists colorway names for the Kunstgarn. The colorway I used is called “Glacier” which inspired the name for the project.

brendadada on Ravelry was looking for test knitters for her design, a cowl/poncho. I thought the design looked interesting and I had suitable yarn in my stash so I jumped at the opportunity. Only when I read the pattern did I realize it was another one with contiguous sleeves! :) Apparently I’m attracted to the method and it does indeed fit me nicely.

I’ve got a little ways to go still on my Glacial Poncho but the pattern should be available on Ravelry any day now.

It was a gorgeous, sunny day outside so I finally had the chance to take photos of some projects that have been finished for who knows how long.

This sweater is basically the same pattern I test knit in September/October 2011. The only changes I made was to the collar and cuffs. Instead of the lace rib in the pattern, I worked them flat in 2x2 ribbing and added buttons. The collar can be worn open or buttoned up as a turtleneck.

• Ten Button Sweater
• Pattern: Vaahtokarkki by Pirkko Jokela (aka The Knitting Cow)
• Yarn: 484 m (530 yd) of Novita Kelo in color #010 (natural)
• Needles: 8.0 and 9.0 mm circulars (HUGE!)

Besides the NaKniSweMo 2011 project, I have another sweater on the needles.

This one uses the same basic pattern that I test knit, only I’m doing the collar and cuffs a bit differently: k2, p2 ribbing and adding buttons.

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!

Test knitting a sweater pattern in Drops Andes for The Knitting Cow. I’ve never used the contiguous sleeves method before but I’m a convert! And the yarn is just soft and super warm.