Happy Birthday Maud Tabron Blog!

This blog is one year old today.  I have decided to celebrate this fact by looking back at some of the items that I have knitted since February 2014.  I often think that I haven’t done much knitting - but the photos below show some of the items I am particularly pleased with.

Last year I knitted 5 Arizona Dreams throws for Colinette – 1 in the Mojave design. 1 Denali, 2 Sonoran and 1 Yosemite.  I keep changing my mind about which is my favourite.

Arizona Dreams - Mojave Design

Arizona Dreams - Denali Design

Arizona Dreams - Sonoran Design

Arizona Dreams - Yosemite Design

I also knitted a throw for myself from my own design which I think is beautiful.

As for garments and accessories - I knitted a cardigan, 3 jumpers, 2 baby coats, a sunglasses case and 3 scarves – and my favourite thing of all – my latest knitted bag.

Last summer I knitted about fifty tea cosies mostly for All the Fun of the Fair, but also a couple to try out ideas!  It can be good to knit tea cosies in the summer because they are small and you don’t spend hot days with a lap full of yarn.

Looking ahead – I hope I get the chance to knit some more throws for Colinette.  I also want to knit 2 or 3 for myself (I have lots of ideas to try out).  What I am most looking forward to (I wonder if I will manage to do it) is knitting another bag – I have an idea in my head which arrived there when I was finishing the last one – and I said to myself – “next year!”

Modular Knitted Cardigan – Progress Report

I haven’t done much knitting this week – I have been spending my spare time on my second love – family history.  I have spent quite a lot of time thinking about knitting and what to do next and have spread the cardigan out on the floor so that I can see what I have done so far.

I have now done the majority of the back and some of both fronts – and I am now working on the sleeves so that I can share out the yarn between the different pieces.

As you will have gathered from this – I have still not decided on the final design – it may be determined by how much yarn I have got!

Back of Modular Knitted Cardigan

This week I have been steadily working on my modular knitted cardigan.  I have knitted 5 columns of arrowheads – 3 for the back and 2 for the fronts.

This photo shows a section of the back - 2 columns of arrowheads joined together by diamond shapes.

 

I decided to do a different decrease on the diamonds – I am purling 3 stitches together on the back of each shape whereas the arrowheads have the decrease on the front.  This may seem a bit odd but I decided that after I had picked up the stitches for the diamond I needed to decrease on the first row or the shapes would be too bulky.  I intend to finish each column with a triangle shape to level it off.

I am not sure what the front is going to look like yet!