The Retro Cardi for Girls

I have started work on the Retro Cardi for Girls.(The pattern will be offered as a pdf.) I picked a cotton yarn, Cotton Classic. It is a lovely cotton in a worsted weight. This will make the sweater a fast project!



I picked cotton as summer IS coming, but any worsted weight wool would be great as well. (Cascade 220, or Ella Rae Classic comes to mind.)

This is going to be so pretty...I can hardly wait to see Little Miss SockPixie and her dolls wearing matching outfits!

Romi's Brandywine Shawl is Finished

I finished the Brandywine Shawl last night.



The shawl will be for my mother. I only knit 12 repeats of section B of the chart. (My mother is a very petite French lady!) That is another great thing about Romi's Brandywine Shawl. You can change its size so easily by adjusting the number of times you repeat section B of the chart. No complicated Math!



I am really happy with how the color touches look like shimmering reflections. (The yarn was SockPixie's Sunset over the Piazza). I have already selected a new colorway for another Brandywine shawl, this time the name of the recipient will remain a mystery, as she reads my blog (whereas my mother does not)! I will be using the Very Berry Strawberry colorway.

The Very Berry Colorways are Ready!

SockPixie's Very Berry colorways are ready. I have just uploaded them on the website.

These colorways just glow, they are so luscious you could eat them!



I hope you will enjoy your visit to my Very Berry garden.

Knitting Romi's Brandywine Shawl

I was so happy to be dyeing yarn last week, that I had to dye a skein just for me, and I had the perfect project in mind for it, Romi's new Brandywine shawl pattern.
Romi's shawl called for one skein of sock yarn. I dyed a skein of Sunset over the Piazza in a Merino blend. I wanted the shawl to look like the sun reflecting in the windows of Florentine buildings, giving coppery glows. The delicate Monet color touches seem to only add to the lace pattern.

I love the pattern. Romi did an amazing job. The pattern is fluid, and the design classic, understated yet striking. Romi wrote very clear instructions, and provided charts. I could not be happier with it. (She is also donating a very substantial amount of the proceeds of the sale of the pattern to help Haiti.)



I have just finished working on this week's SockPixie colorways, the Berry colorways. I have already dyed one extra skein for me to knit another Brandywine. (I will show you tomorrow when I update the SockPixie shop...)

Retro Cardi for Little Girl

I have started working on the adaptation of the Retro Cardi in girl sizes.

Here is the yarn, sitting on top of the loveliest strawberry fabric which will become a skirt to go with the cardi.



My color choices tell me I am in the mood for spring...Aren't you?

Thinking of Colors and a New Pattern

Thinking of colorways for this coming weekend's SockPixie store update...

Berries, yummy berry colorways...



Thnking of a new pattern... The Retro Cardi this time not for dolls but for girls young and old...

The American Girl Doll Retro Cardi Free Knitting Pattern is Ready!

I am done!!



The American Girl Retro Cardi (I hope you like the name) is ready. I am offering it as a free knitting pattern.

Click on the button to download the pattern.