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Category: Designs

  • Design | The Candy Hearts Sweater

    Design | The Candy Hearts Sweater

    My latest design, the Candy Hearts Sweater. I started this piece back in November and had originally planned on it being a Christmas sweater. But I forgot how busy the weeks before Christmas get and didn’t get the time to even finish half of it! After things settled down a bit, I got to it.

    This sweater is a pretty simple knit. I like to keep my designs easy, so even beginner knitters can attempt them. I typically avoid any shaping on the body panels because I love the look of the dropped shoulder so much! I live for slouchy, cozy tops.

    I was going to do the full sweater in pink, but changed my mind when I was going through my yarn and saw some leftover speckled meriwool. It added such a perfect contrast to the sweater! I also decided to add a little to the wrists just for something extra.

    In all honesty, I made a little mistake and didn’t discover it until I went to seaming the sweater. I realized one body panel was wider than the other. This turned out to my advantage! It gave such a cute roll to the neckline in front! And for how that mistake came to happen, I’d lost my original page with the cast on amount. So I’d tried counting the rows and obviously mis counted. But I LOVE how it looks!

    I then finished it off with a little bit of duplicate stitch on the front to create “hearts”. And there, it turned into my perfect Valentines Day sweater!

    If you’d like to purchase the pattern for the Candy Hearts Sweater, click here.

    ❤️Bethany

  • Design | The Max Hoodie Cardigan Sweater

    Design | The Max Hoodie Cardigan Sweater

    New favorite sweater! It’s oversized, super cozy, and literally can double as a coat! It fits comfortably over a hoodie even. This is one sweater I’ll be wearing around the house during the cold winter mornings to come.

    This hoodie is knit up on big needles. Size 25mm. Using Wool and the Gangs Crazy Sexy Wool, it’s a fast and beautiful knit. I added a shiny lurex yarn, Wool and the Gangs disco down yarn. It produces a subtle little sparkle!

    I’ve always wanted to knit a hood, but was nervous about attempting it. None of the tutorials I found seemed easy enough. So I just did a little bit of winging it and it actually turned out! Couldn’t have been more pleased with the results.

    If you’d like to purchase the pattern for the Max Hoodie Cardigan, click here.

  • The Zoey Cardigan

    The Zoey Cardigan

    The Zoey Cardigan.

    Textured. Oversized. A classic go to style. Perfect length, perfect fit. You can’t help reaching for it whenever you need a throw on cardi to run for coffee. It wraps you up in a cozy hug. It’s simple style is ready for anything. At the beach. Evening cuddles. Lunch date or yoga class. You can’t go wrong. 

    Purchase the pattern for the Zoey Cardigan here : https://etsy.me/2oVH2kc