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COLORWORK KNITTINGCAROLINE'S ANGORA/WOOL MITTENSTahki Venus handpainted angora/wool, Nature Spun sportweight for cuffs and dots CAROLINE'S ANGORA/WOOL MITTENS, detail CAROLINE'S MITTENS/HEADBAND Celtic Braid Hat and Mitten pattern from Blackberry Ridge. Knitted in Noro Nadeshiko and white angora CAROLINE'S PURPLE MITTENS, detail Self-designed, knit from Lopi Lite CAROLINE'S RAINBOW KOOLAID MITTENS Patternless mittens, yarn is hanspun, Kool-Aid dyed, and Misty MountainFarm grey lambswool CAROLINE'S MITTENS, RAINBOW AND PURPLE CELESTE'S DONEGAL This is Alice Starmore's Donegal. The model is a young woman in my office. CELESTE'S DONEGAL, closeup of gusset The initials of the wearer in the underarm gusset is my signature on each fair isle that I knit. Guess I won't be doing vest anytime soon, eh? CELESTE'S DONEGAL TOQUE .....and since I live in Canada and it's cold more months that not, a toque is always in order. CELESTE'S DONEGAL TOQUE, wheel ...........and here's the wheel. CELESTE'S HAT FOR JOHN The toque is the test swatch for the jumper below. CELESTE'S MAZE JUMPER I designed 'The maze Jumper' as my tribute to Barbara G. Walker. The Jumper is knit in the round to the underarms and then knit flat. The Maze pattern is from the 2nd Treasury of Knitting Patterns. I did adapt the slip stitch pattern by not repeating each rnd. instead I knit the pattern rnd. only once. The yarn is KnitPicks Shine. CELESTE'S TOAD ROCK TIE This is the Toad Rock Tie that I designed. Where I live (Nelson, BC Canada) in the 80's the ties used to be on the telephone poles for several miles going to Ainsworth Hot Springs. They are now long gone but I have very fond memories of 'counitng' the ties with my young family. The ties started at a very large rock called Toad rock. The sock yarn is Opal. JUDITH'S ERIN, wip JUNIEANN'S ABALONE Abalone Cardigan from Alice Starmore's, " Pacific Coast Highway." Finished 1997, from Jamieson and Smith yarn. My favorite daily wear cardigan. JUNIEANN'S ABALONE, back JUNIEANN'S ABALONE, inside JUNIEANN'S GRANT AVENUE Pattern is by Alice Starmore, from Pacific Coast Highway. Yarn is AS. Campion. JUNIEANN'S GRANT AVENUE, facings JUNIEANN'S GRANT AVENUE, inside JUNIEANN'S HENRY VIII Henry VIII from Alice Starmore's Tudor Roses. Finished 1999, Knit in AS Campion yarns JUNIEANN'S HENRY VIII, inside JUNIEANN'S "ALMOST" GOLDEN KIMONO Pattern from Jamieson book #1, completed 2001, modeled by Judy Morgan, My Yarn Shop, Owner; Yarns - 100% random stash yarns of mysterious origin and content. JUNIEANN'S LISMORE Pattern by Alice Starmore - from Celtic Collection. Knitted in 1992 Yarns: Peer Gynt, Rowan DDK and Heilo JUNIEANN'S LISMORE, closeup Yarns were picked out the from the picture of Lismore that appears in Celtic Collection as the called for yarns were not available and we didn't have Rowan shade cards. NANCY'S FIR TREE SHAWL Lucy Neatby's Fir Tree Shawl - kit included yarn from Shelridge farms NANCY'S POETRY From the book "Poetry in Stitches" NANCY'S WHITE-FACED MOUNTAIN Dale of Norway pattern, knitted of Dale Falk NANCY'S WHITE-FACED MOUNTAIN, neckline NANCY'S WHITE-FACED MOUNTAIN, sleeve NASTASJA'S ARIADNE MARKEN "knitted with Rauma Strikkegarn, a long time ago" NASTASJA'S ARIADNE WANTENMITTEN knitted with Rauma Finullgarn NASTASJA'S DONEGAL knitted in original Rowan yarn NASTASJA - CHILD'S SWEATER NASTASJA - CHILD'S SWEATER #2 NASTASJA- BLACK AND WHITE SWEATER PATRICE- CHANCE'S FAIR ISLE Pattern name is Chance Fair Isle, designed by Patrice. Knitted from Harrisville Highland Style Wool, designed on Knitting Wizard Stitch Motif Maker. Modelled by: Chance the Giant Schnauzer, Certified Therapy Dog PATRICE- CHANCE'S FAIR ISLE, another view REBEKKAH'S NORDIC MITTENS Pattern: Nordic Mittens, from Winter '04 Interweave Knits; Yarn: Brown Sheep Naturespun Sport, in pattern colors Gauge: 9 stitches and rows per inch, as stated in pattern (and boy, I guess I have small hands. They're big mittens for me) REBEKKAH'S NORDIC MITTENS, inside URSULA'S LAKE PLACID Here we have my first fair isle ever, "Dale of Norway" design "Lake Placid". I think the pattern is from the Olympic Retro book, I used a Merino/Silk blend and knitting needle size 3.5mm. URSULA'S ST. MORITZ 2003 "Dale of Norway", design "St. Moritz 2003", knitted in Lana Grossa pure wool "Numero Uno", needle size 3.25, 3.5 and 4mm. URSULA'S ST. MORITZ 2003, detail URSULA'S EMMA Another "Dale of Norway" design, called "Emma" for a very pretty sweater for my daughter Verena. I used a cotton/merino blend and needle size 3 and 3.5mm. The pattern is from the kid's book no. 120. VERONIQUE'S HERALDIC LION BY JADE STARMORE IN A COLLECTOR'S ITEM Size : 6- 7 years Yarn : Alice Starmore Dunedin in Dark Green and Scottish Campion as listed in the pattern (except for Campbell Red, used Flamingo instead) Needles : 2,75 and 3 mm VERONIQUE'S HERALDIC LION: CLOSE-UP OF THE CENTER PANEL VERONIQUE'S HERALDIC LION: CLOSE-UP OF THE SIDE PANEL VERONIQUE'S MARA CARDIGAN BY ALICE STARMORE IN THE SCOTTISH COLLECTION Size : Large with the body lengthened by 9 rounds Yarn : Jamieson & Smith 2-ply jumper weight (used the colors listed except for Emerald and Dark Green for which I substituted Jade and Evergreen, as it was mentioned on the old KBTH errata page and mentioned in one of the list discussion topics). Needles : 2,75 and 3 mm VERONIQUE'S MARA CARDIGAN : CLOSE-UP OF THE PATTERN VERONIQUE'S DONEGAL BY ALICE STARMORE IN THE HEBRIDES Colour combination : "Earth version" Size : 1 Yarn : Alice Starmore Scottish Campion in the shades listed in the book Needles : 2,5 and 3 mm VERONIQUE'S DONEGAL : CLOSE-UP VERONIQUE'S LUSKENTYRE BY ALICE STARMORE IN THE SCOTTISH COLLECTION Size : Medium Yarn : Jamieson & Smith 2-ply jumper weight (13 shades as listed in the booklet) Needles : 3 mm VERONIQUE'S LUSKENTYRE : CLOSE-UP VERONIQUE'S MARINA CARDIGAN BY ALICE STARMORE IN THE SCOTTISH COLLECTION Size : 1 for the body and 2 for the sleeves Yarn : Jamieson & Smith 2-ply jumper weight (22 shades as listed in the booklet) Needles : 3 mm VERONIQUE'S MARINA CARDIGAN : CLOSE-UP VERONIQUE'S HENRY VIII BY ALICE STARMORE IN TUDOR ROSES Size : Large Yarn : Alice Starmore Scottish Campion and Jamiesons of Shetland's Spindrift in the shades listed in the pattern, except for Autumn 1100 for which I used Jamiesons Autumn Substitute instead Needles : 3 mm VERONIQUE'S HENRY VIII : CLOSE-UP VERONIQUE'S OREGON CARDIGAN BY ALICE STARMORE IN THE SCOTTISH COLLECTION Size : 1 (but the body was lengthened by 7,5 cm, i.e. 24 rounds) Yarn : Jamieson & Smith 2-ply jumper weight yarn in the shades listed in the pattern Needles : 3 mm VERONIQUE'S OREGON CARDIGAN : CLOSE-UP VERONIQUE'S FISH & ANCHORS BY JADE STARMORE IN THE CHILDREN'S COLLECTION Size : 8-9 years Yarn : Alice Starmore Scottish Campion and Jamiesons of Shetland's Spindrift in the shades listed in the pattern, except for Campbell Red for which I used Flamingo instead Needles : 2,5 and 3 mm VERONIQUE'S FISH & ANCHORS : CLOSE-UP REEF BY ALICE STARMORE IN THE HEBRIDES Size : 3-4 years Yarn : Alice Starmore Scottish Campion in the shades listed in the patterns except for Aegean for which I used Deep Aqua instead Needles : 3 mm REEF : CLOSE-UP I should have used the original Aegean (but the skein I had was misplaced in an other kit...) |