The Blue Brick | Inspired Yarns

The Man-Slouch

Finally finished the Dustland Hat by Stephen West, and it goes perfectly with Tito’s Guernsey Wrap. A little too perfectly, the stitch patterns in both are almost identical. No complaints though, it made for a good match with the scarf. I totally did something wrong here,…

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What’s on the needles

I’m actually getting a head start on Christmas knitting this year – we’ll see how long this bout of organized enthusiasm lasts. This is the Fairview Scarf by Tanis, and I’m working in the delicious TFA Red label Cashmere/Silk in the colourway ‘grapefruit’. It’s for…

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Designing on napkins

Or, in this case, the paper table covering at a Montana’s. New pattern coming soon for cabled fingerless gloves… on 2 needles for those of us who hate wrestling the porcupine. Stay tuned!

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Baby Gi

My first baby sweater ever came off the needles this weekend! The expecting couple are both karate students, so it only made sense to try making a little karate gi: I used the Baby Garter Stitch Kimono pattern. The yarn is something I picked up…

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FO – Cream and Sugar Cowl

Done at last! This was a great airplane knit. I can’t wait until it’s cold enough to enjoy. The pattern is the Cream and Sugar Cowl by Alana Dakos. The yarn… oh the yarn. It’s Sweet Georgia’s Cashluxe Fine – a Cashmere/Merino blend that is…

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