I’ve finally wrapped the final test knit for Matinée II. This is a scarf version of the Matinée Cowl and I had the joy of working this up in some of my friend Yvonne’s – of Yvieknits Yarn – merino silk bases.
Here’s Matinée II ~ Moonstone‘s portfolio:
My local LYS – Yarn Foward Kanata – had a sale this Tuesday past and I took advantage to get enough Sirdar Baby Bamboo to finish my prototype and to work the test knit. The pattern is almost written but for some fine tuning – this design really wanted out of my head!
Progress on BW Wrap so far:
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- Sirdar Baby Bamboo
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- New prototype
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- Sirdar Baby Bamboo CC for test knit
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- Sirdar Baby Bamboo MC for test knit
And though I should not buy any new yarn – as I’m currently reorging my yarn room and will post about that in the future – I had a flash of inspiration for a bistitchual project for a baby blanket and have decided to run with it. I’ll be using black for the background and the three colours for the motifs:
Yes. I will be using acrylic / nylon. May the force be with me…
Gorgeous, look forward to seeing the BW Wrap! 🙂
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Thank you so much! I’m excited to get back to it (is it weird to like one’s own designs? 🙂 )
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Lol I’m on my fourth tee from my own pattern at the moment and I wasn’t sure if that was weird… 🙂 I think we must just design what we like (and can’t find the pattern for elsewhere)! 🙂
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That’s it I think. I love a lot of other designer’s work but I rarely make anything 100% as written these days. I’ll have to check out your tee, I don’t do garments yet as I don’t have charting / schematic software. I’m pretty sure my pencil sketches wouldn’t be considered a real bonus for a poor knitter 🙂
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Very lovely work and those yarns are top of the line. I have worked with bamboo but not baby bamboo I know I want to try it now lol 🙂
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You’ll love it, I’m sure. Sirdar’s is so soft and drapey and a great price. I’m biased about Yvonne’s yarn as she’s a friend but as a knitter, I can honestly recommend them 🙂
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I truly love this yarn already, who knows after I finish all my projects I just might buy some, thanks! 🙂
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