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Lady Feb Sweater



Lady Feb Sweater

Originally uploaded by chauntelandreasen

And, yes, another February Lady Sweater.

4, count ’em, 4. I have made 4 in the last 8 months. That is crazy!
And, I have planned more with yarn from my stash.

Knit on size 8 needles, size XXS

I used almost exactly (I had about 20 inches of yarn left over)4 balls of Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece for this one.
I made the sleeves a tad longer than others, 24 repeats of the gull stitch pattern.
The body is 21 repeats of the gull stitch pattern.

Again, this was a knit for the class I taught at Knit & Pearl, it was a fantastic group of ladies!!

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Whisper Cardigan



Whisper Cardigan

Originally uploaded by chauntelandreasen

Tada!!

I love this.
It’s the Whisper Cardigan from the Spring 2009 Interweave Knits.

I used Pakucho eco-butterfly cotton, laceweight, in the Cinnamon colorway. It only weighs 77grams or something ridiculous like that!

I love how it turned out. Unfortunately, it went straight on to the mannequin and I never got to wear it.
Luckily, the class starts in just over a week so I will get to take it home & use it!

The weight of this sweater is so fantastic for our climate here on the coast. All of June, and most of May, we have fog until late afternoon and need to layer. This is perfect for over a tank, or a dress.

I can’t say enough good things about the yarn either! The price is pretty much unbeatable, it ranges from $.15 per gram to $.25 cents per gram. Fantastic!!

I plan on making another one along with the class in a light shade of pink/tan.

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Berroco Pucker



Berroco Pucker

Originally uploaded by chauntelandreasen

Man is it hard to get a picture inside at night without using a flash! And a self timer, no less.

Well here she is!
The Pucker!

I used the yarn called for, Seduce by Berroco. I purchased the book, Norah Gaughan Vol. 4 (I think), and yarn at the Webs booth at Stitches West. Since neither were available at any of our LYS’s here in town I thought it was perfect to buy the whole project there.

I made the Small size & used 7 hanks of yarn.

This yarn was hard to ball up on a swift & ball winder so what I did was hang the hank over the corner of my little sitting table and knit straight from the hank. It worked well, surprisingly well!

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Mom's Mother's Day socks



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Originally uploaded by chauntelandreasen

These socks are for Mom for Mother’s Day. Of course, I have not mailed them yet. I will though, I promise!

I used the chart from the Spring Forward socks pattern on Knitty.com but used my own magic loop, 2 at once, toe up sock pattern.

Yarn: Tofutsies- 52 grams
Needles: size 2, 32″ circs

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Tribute to Tolkein Quilt

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This is the winner of the Salt Lake City quilt show my Mom entered a quilt in.
It’s a Tribute to Tolkein by Sue McCarty & I could stare at it for hours! If only I could see it in person!
She used metallic threads, fabrics, it’s quilted on velvet. There is Trapunto quilting throughout as well.
I am trying to track down a website for the quilter,  Sue McCarty.
Ents, elvish, horses, eagles, Dark Riders on the bottom, they eye, dragons, 2 towers, Gandalf, ohmygosh I am in love!