free pattern: mariner shirt

Over the last few years my sister has given me the most spectacular collection of old knitting books and magazines that she's thrifted. There's a wealth of great patterns in them, despite the sometimes-unfortunate (but amusing) styling, so look for more of these in the future.

Despite the fact that summer is almost over in a lot of places, this looks quick enough to finish before it's really fall, especially if it's done in the round up to the arms. It's from 1976, by the way. {Click on the image to enlarge.}

preview

I hope to start listing shop items next week--finally!

Also, I just started knitting this beautiful shawl. Just because I can (well, that actually remains to be seen).

peek

Preview of one of my projects for the upcoming issue of Nuno (out soon).

The colored yarn was a Kool-aid dye job, which is always so much fun (despite having to go back and redo the orange because the first try was Safety Orange).

snippet

What I've been working on for the new issue of Nuno.

"shoulderette"

An easy pattern from one of the wonderful stash of vintage knitting books my sister has given me:

(Click to enlarge to readable size.)

This would be a good project for someone knitting lace for the first time but not wanting to do a scarf. The lace pattern is simple and easy to remember, but just complicated enough to not be boring. I couldn't see any reference to gauge, but I think that as long as you use the needles specified (or even one size up or down) and come up with a reasonable-looking gauge, the end product should turn out fine. A shrug is, after all, a rather forgiving garment when it comes to fit.

Here is the cover of the book it came from--look at those nice saturated mid-century colors!

the omnipresent sheepskin

A very fun just-finished project for my sister's online magazine.