New Threads Friday February 7, 2014

Chic Knits Tauriel Cardigan

Sometimes the better part of valor is to just look your nemesis in the eye and and say game on, WINTER!

While we kept waiting (and waiting) for the weather to follow the calendar here in the Pacific NW, Mother Nature had different plans.

So, inspired by my drafty old house and the need to have a Comfy Cozy refuge from the storm, I started knitting.

After sketching and playing around with a huge swatch, TAURIEL took off…

I needed something simple, quick and lovely –

The design uses worsted wool and #8 (5mm) needles for a peppy gauge that makes that sweater sooner rather than later and features inclusive detailing with a modern but easy, chain-cable motif to keep it interesting.

Best of all? NO SEWING: when you’re done, weave in a few ends and WEAR IT!


introducing … Chic Knits TAURIEL

Finished Closed Chest Measurement
34 (36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 48, 52)”
Yarn – Worsted Weight
900 (950, 1010, 1060, 1120, 1190, 1265, 1350) yards
Gauge: 18 sts / 24 rows over 4″ St st

click HERE for more details and to get the pattern….

Friday Postcards January 31, 2014

Chic Knits Knitting Blog

STASH LOVER

Beat Old Man Winter at his silly game with Chic Knits H2O hat pattern!

Dive into your worsted weight yarns and make a quick chic creation!

Combine 55 yds each (3 – strands) of three worsted weight yarns and 2 hours later: VOILA!

Chic Knits H2O Hat

click HERE to get the pattern….

Monday Morning Mirth January 27, 2014

Monday Morning Mirth

In the late 19th & early 20th Century, thousands of young women moved to urban centers to find careers in business industries.

They wore a uniform of sorts: blouses, skirts & large hats (especially those tremendous straw numbers, the Boater)!

Something else, unexpectedly they had in common?

Reading while walking (and I thought that was a smart phone 21st century phenom)!

…these candid photos are by the chief cartoonist for Punch magazine, Edward Linley Sambourne, circa 1906…

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