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Knitscene Fall 2010 Preview

Posted on | June 25, 2010 | 9 Comments

The Knitscene Fall 2010 preview was released today! Check it out here.

My contribution to the issue is the Aryn Tunic Cardigan.

Designing this cardigan was a lot of fun. This time, I started with the stitch, which was actually from a store bought sample. I was able to reverse engineer it and adapt it for hand knitting. Then I decided that I wanted it to be big and lofty……with pockets! The pockets were so much fun to knit, don’t be surprised if you see more pockets on my designs in the future. There are two ways to knit pockets, as patches sewn on top of the sweater or in one with the garment with an inside pocket bag. To keep the stitch pattern intact, I chose the pocket bag method which is really easy to work. Basically you knit to where you want your pocket opening to be and bind off across those stitches. In the meantime, you’ve already knit your pocket bags. On your next pass, you knit to the openings, knit across the stitches from your pocket bag and go on your merry knitting way!

I really, really love the way it turned out. All that texture + pockets + big wood buttons = LOVE!

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