DIY: Knit Ár Trésins Pullover by Jóhanna Hjaltadóttir

The Ár Trésins lopapeysa by Jóhanna Hjaltadóttir is from the book Knitting with Icelandic Wool by Vedis Jonsdottir. The Ár Trésins pattern calls for Istex Alafosslopi yarn, which is a bulky wool yarn. Unfortunately I didn’t have that, and I wanted to use some aran weight yarn from my stash, so I experimented a little. In […]

DIY: Knit Vintersol Pullover by Jennifer Steingass

DIY: Knit Vintersol Pullover by Jennifer Steingass

The first sweater I knit for our Etsy shop is the Vintersol Pullover designed by Jennifer Steingass. I made size 41″, which is similar to a women’s size large or extra large (depending on the amount of ease you want). To knit the Vintersol Pullover, I used three colours of Briggs and Little Heritage yarn. […]

DIY: Branches and Buds Pullover by Carrie Bostick Hoge

Branches and Buds Pullover by Carrie Bostick Hoge

The Branches and Buds Pullover is a gorgeous sweater designed by Carrie Bostick Hoge in Making No. 1. The Branches and Buds Pullover is a top down sweater. After knitting the bottom up Lyngen sweater, I wanted to see how I liked a top down approach. I found it a lot of fun, since I […]

DIY: Knit Lyngen Sweater by Dianna Walla

Lyngen Sweater by Dianna Walla

This fall, I knit my first sweater, the Lyngen Sweater by Dianna Walla from Making No. 5. The Lyngen Sweater is a yoke sweater knit from the bottom up. It has some waist shaping and back shoulder shaping. This was my first time using wrap-and-turn short rows, but they weren’t hard to do! Since the sweater […]

DIY: Butterick B4686 Flared Skirt with Yoke

DIY Butterick B4686 Flared Skirt with Yoke

I think Butterick B4686 is my new favourite skirt! B4686 is a good basic skirt for work and I’ve worn it several times already.  I made view C without the decorative buttons in size 16. It has a self-lined yoke and a half-circle skirt. I used about 2 metres of a wool-blend twill fabric. it looked black […]