#cascade yarn

[musictherapy611]

Should have had this up yesterday for “WIP Wednesday” but other things happened:

These are going to be a pair of “wristers” - ie fingerless gloves/mitts - from a free pattern at Cascade Yarns.

Really really easy and adaptable; a beginner could create these.

Knit or crochet two pieces of fabric about 7.5”/19 cm wide, 10”/25cm long.

If it’s a natural fiber, block.

When they’re dry, sew up 5.5”/14cm from the cast on edge and 2.5”/6.5cm from the bind off edge.

Yarn is Cascade Pure Alpaca, color 3003 “Ruby.” Lovely to work with, feeling wonderful as it flows between my fingers. It bled considerably when I soaked it before blocking, though, so probably it isn’t a good choice for colorwork. It also is a “hand wash dry flat” yarn, so if you are like my (adult!) daughter and can’t be bothered, you should find something else.

(Will ask my daughter to model the finished product - she has normal-sized hands, whereas mine are very very petite. My son says they’re “stumpy.”)

[chairrycrafts]

Finished my Minaret top! A little shorter than I hoped it would be but still love it.

Some cat fur on the back because one of my cats decided to "help" with blocking lmao

[professorpski]

Vogue Knitting, Winter 2022/2023

This is a colorful and playful issue. The cover features Parker, an oversized, boxy, bottom-up sweater with short rows at the back and an cowl collar by Deborah Newton. It is an advanced project a 4 out of 4 on the scale of difficulty made from Manos Del Uruguay Maxima which is a wool worsted weight yarn. Newton also writes an article on making choices for changing the color along with 5 other versions of the yoke. It will get you thinking about colorwork and eager to do some test swatches.

Another advanced colorwork project is the Jekyll cardigan with a shawl collar by Paul Haesemeyer. Notice the i-cord trimming all around the edges. It closes with a single button at the bottom of the collar. It has a boxy shape and is made in pieces from the bottom up out of Istex Lettilopi which is another worsted weight wool. Again, you can imagine a different color schema.

The pretty mittens in blue and white birds-eye stitch pattern are called Cesar. Designed by Kristin Ornolfsdottir, they are made of Purl Soho’s Season Alpaca and a feature shows the pattern done up in swatches of 4 other color and yarn combinations. They care a 3 out of 4 for difficulty

A number of playful single-color patterns show up too. Including Petite Darjeeling which you see here in lilac designed by Chloe Elizabeth Birch who also created a woman’s size.

More likely to have universal appeal is the long scarf Rushmore by Norah Gaughan in 3 versions in 3 colors of Cascade 220 Grande Superwash, a bulky yarn. As Gaughan explains, it is a two-sided cable pattern and thus difficult to read as a chart, although you can find the charts on the Vogue Knitting website. Since it is only an 8-row pattern with a repeat within, it may be that the written instructions are enough?  The large yarn size may help too with this 3 out of 4 for difficulty pattern

There are a total of 19 patterns, including several sporty pullovers, a good, a vest, a shawl and another pair of mittens. Meg Swansen’s column ponders mittens, a report on a knitting trip through Norway is included, plus interviews with Tom Daley, a knitter and Olympic diver, and designer Stephen West, as well as some gifts and books sections.

[tinynightmarestrawberry]

Knitting while getting my oil changed. Chores are so much fun *eye roll*

[knatalieknits]

I present the Forest Sweater.  This guy sparkles!

Want to knit it yourself?  Get the pattern here

[haleydoesstuff]

fingerless gloves! ravelry link here, thank you @mollocule for suggesting the pattern

it’s supposed to be knit in fingering-weight yarn but I had this sweet new Cascade gradient stuff (220 Wave - I think it’s new this year). It’s superwash and thick/cushy so it’s ideal for replacing the ratty old gloves I’ve been wearing since I made them in high school. I’m super excited that I was able to do all the fingers without interrupting the gradient or wasting yarn - yaaaay for slow and gradual transitions. 

[socialknits]

Cascade Heritage Wave makes some wonderful color changes. 

Crochet this shawl with 2 skeins of Heritage Wave 

Get this free pattern here » 

Pick you favorite color of Heritage Wave here » 

[professorpski]

Vogue Knitting, Spring/Summer 2022

This issue offers up a soothing natural palette on the cover, but along with some quiet pullovers, it also offers some strong colors too. There are a total of 18 patterns, including 12 pullovers, 2 cardigans, 1 vests, 1 pair of shorts, 1 wrap, and a bottle holder.

The sweater on the cover is the dramatic despite its pale color: it is asymmetrical, creating both one sleeve with eyelet and a deep slit up the side. Called Corrales, designed by Wei Wilkins, it is made of Cascade’s Cantata yarn, a cotton/wool blend. Make it if you want people to ask you about your clothes. 

Easier to live with is the simple rectangular pullover in pale yellow, one of my favorite colors, with a slip stitch pattern and a polo collar by Rachel Brockman called Virden. Univeral Yarn’s Magnolia which is a luxurious modal/cashmere blend in sock weight. It is a 3 out of 4 for difficult.

The wrap called Mossy Glen uses garter stitch, which is simple, and short rows, which takes more concentration, to make the 5 undulating colors in Indigodragonfly R.O. U. Sport yarn which is a wool. Kim McBrien Evans designed it and it is also a 3 out of 4.

The landscape sweater called Bayview by Syliva Watts-Cherry is one of the bold designs in this issue. Made of Debbie Bliss/Lovecraft Rialto which is a wool sport yarn, it uses some 9 colors. It is a 3 out of 4 for difficulty like the rest of these. There are easier tops as well in this issue,.

In addition, there are several interviews, an article on linen production, and another on why we should think of inches per stitch instead of the other way around when we ponder gauge, and a travel piece on the Navajo Nation in the southwest. Of course, the usual short pieces on new yarns, fashion trends, etc. 

You can find it your local yarn store, or online here:  https://www.vogueknitting.com/