Sunday, September 11, 2016

Episode Thirty-Six - Fall Means Sweaters

Welcome to episode thirty-six of "Stitching Between Pages"! I hope you enjoy watching, and thank you for checking it out. Thank you for putting up with my unplanned summer break!

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WIPs:
1. "Featherweight" cardigan, by Hannah Fettig. Knit in KnitPicks Alpaca Cloud in the "Beth" colorway. Knit on US6/4.0mm needles.
2. "Lush" cardigan, by Tin Can Knits. Knit in HazelKnits Lively DK in the "Jam Session" colorway and Loop Studio in the "Charcoal" colorway. Knit on US6/4.0mm needles and US3/3.25mm needles.

Pretty New Yarn:
West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4-Ply in the "Pheasant" colorway

Sewing!:
My next sewing project will be the Moss Skirt designed by Grainline Studio. I'll be sewing it out of one of the Cotton + Steel / Rifle Paper Co. collaboration fabrics. I realized I didn't mention the name of my local fabric shop -- it's Oak Fabrics, and they are lovely.

Book:
The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins. (I also mentioned Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn; I read it, but preferred Sharp Objects. Her third book is Dark Places, which I have not read. I also also mentioned Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie mysteries, which start with Case Histories, and which I loved.)

Other Miscellaneous Mentions:
1. I am obsessed with The West Wing right now. I know political television dramas aren't everyone's cup of tea (and the US election is providing far too much political drama without any help at all), but if you haven't watched it, I highly recommend it.
2. The sweater pattern I was talking about is indeed called Wolf River. It's designed by Melissa Schaschwary and is available for $6 on Ravelry. Fluph Shop and Louise Scollay of Knit British hosted the #bigwiprip on Instagram, which inspired my frogging of my Campside shawl.
3. The yarn shop in Philadelphia that I visited last year and where I got the yarn that is now being knit into a Lush cardigan is indeed called Loop. It's a lovely shop! So is Looped Yarn Works in DC, and so is Loop in London.
4. If you're curious, the baby sweater I knit is the Ella Funt pattern (link to my project page, which links to the pattern). As I noted on Ravelry, and as a lot of others noted, the sweater runs BIG. I think the baby ended up wearing it when she was 3. Oops! (Also, in scrolling back through my projects, I realized I had totally forgotten about another baby cardigan -- the Striped Smock Top.)
5. Go check out Rifle Paper Co. if you are not familiar with them -- if you have have even a passing love of stationery, hang on to your wallet.