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As promised, (slightly) better photos of my NaKniSweMo 2011 sweater.

• Pattern: Easy cables - pullover and hat - MR7-6 (Ravelry) by Kaja Marie Lereng Kvernbakken from Du Store Alpakka (the pattern is in Norwegian)
• Yarn: 892 yards (815 m) of Novita Isoveli in colorway #034 (grayish green)
• Needles: 6.5 mm
• Mods: Worked the sleeves and body in circular knitting, added waist shaping.

Love the cowl neck collar!

knittingfuckyeah:

(free pattern)

Queued! Spinster is on Ravelry, too.

(Source: knitbug.com)

I made it! My NaKniSweMo sweater is done. More details and better photos later… Phew!

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.

First photos of my NaKniSweMo 2011 project. This is a pattern from Du Store Alpakka for a cabled sweater with a cowl collar in bulky-weight yarn. The pattern is in Norwegian (seriously!) but Google does a pretty good job in translating it to English.

Once the sweater is finished, it should look like this:

Can’t wait!

The recent New Zealand oil spill left many penguins in need of warmth and protection. Sweaters were used to prevent the birds from preening their feathers and ingesting the toxic oil. So far, enough sweaters have been knit to cover the little guys, so you can put your knitting needles away for now.

(via Yes, PENGUIN SWEATERS — Cute Overload)

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

laughingsquid:

Worldwide Call For Knitters To Make Sweaters for Penguins Affected by 2011 New Zealand Oil Spill

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!

iPhones get cold, too, right?

(via How to Knit a Sweater for Your iPhone | ColoradoMoms.com)

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.

Something new on the needles: Bella Paquita in Araucania Nature Wool, colorway “Eggplant”.