A very quick update today - to present this short and sweet shrug I made for Caroline's birthday (which is today!) I delivered it this morning and it looks fabulous on her.
It's Glint from Kim Hargreaves Nectar collection. I've become a bit of a Hargreaves groupie lately, this is my 4th project from her books in the past 6 months. Her patterns are stylish, well designed and generally well written.
This one is knit in Rowan Summer Tweed. The pattern called for 5 skeins for the small size, but I only used 4. The body is knit on 5mm needles, the edging on 4.5mm.
The colour is richer than in this picture - for no reason that makes sense to me I want to say it's velevety!
Ummmm....that's it!
24 comments:
This is darling!!
It may be short, but it certainly is sweet!
Love this site... you are amazzzing thanks:D
Cardi is so cute, and I love your new, summery banner-thingy!
Cute! I love the color.
Niiiiice! It's great to see some pretties out of Summer Tweed--I love it, but it seems to be an acquired taste.
It's lovely, Soo, and the colour is great. I've just got to get to grips with KH's sizing...!
Beautiful! YOu do choose some lovely things to knit :^)
OMG! The cuteness! It overwhelms. :-)
Thats nice. Its a great, quick knit isn't it.
I have seen this lovely item and can vouch that, in reality, the colour was far richer and fuller than comes across in the photo.
It may sound weird, but I am always so impressed at knitted garments with collars - they're so cool!
That is very cute! I bet it looks stylish worn.
I love that so simple, but effective
Very Chanel, my dear. I like it! If it were blue instead of green I'd be tempted to come and steal it. :-)
Its gorgoeus and your 2 shawls from the previous post are absolutely beautiful.I just love looking at your blog and your fantatic knitting
It's lovely.
Heh, thanks Soo! I'll be spending the next 5 months (til Harrogate) stashbusting again I think!
I thought I'd already commented, but it appears I didn't - I love the shrug! It's gorgeous, looks perfect for both a summer evening (it's pouring down here, mind!), and winter for under a coat :) very sweet!
That's very chic. love the colour. I'm a big fan of Summer Tweed, I think it's a great yarn.
I wasn't inspired by the original either--but I thought is had potential. It's amazing what a few rows of a different color will do.
Yeah, that song is running through my brain over and over and over...
But it's even worse when Harry sings Itsy Bitsy Spider. It takes DAYS to get that one out of my head!
nice and very wearable :D
Thankyou! :) I love the new banner!
Your little jacket is great. Thanks for the comment on my greenleaf hat! If you knit it, let me know!
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That's such a pretty little shrug! I love the color. For some reason, I've been going through a green phase lately, and I adore the green you have chosen.
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