Lines and Squares

Things made! For being snowed in for a week, I only made a few things (I did, however, do a lot of reading). First up, I made another Edie tee. I liked the one I made in December, but I struggled to get gauge with the fingering weight yarn the pattern called for. For this one, I used Ewe Ewe Yarns' Ewe So Sporty and I'm very pleased with how it turned out. While I was pregnant with my middle, I discovered the delights of wearing short sleeves with cardigans all winter, and it's a habit I haven't made an effort to break. Even with the short sleeves, I plan for this to get winter wear.

Next, Graphic! This was a fun one, and I did enjoy writing up a design after not doing so for awhile. The colors and the way the color pooling shifted between stripes and stained glass patches made my Lisa Frank loving/gel pen collecting 90s child heart very happy. This was a collaboration with a local dyer, so it's available through her site.

One of my snow day projects was a blanket repair. I've done a couple of repairs recently - a few months ago I needlefelted a holey hiking sweater, and this time it was a well loved crocheted blanket. Repairs always provide an interesting challenge, since the damage is untidy and unpredictable and the repair has to address every loose end (literally and figuratively). This piece had a pretty big hole, but I was ultimately at peace with the patch, both visually and in terms of stability.

I finally finished the body of the Brise cardigan I started last month. I did choose to make it three inches longer than the pattern called for, but even without that it would have been a lot of tiny stitches. I think next I'll do a sleeve, and keep the collar for in between sleeves. Maybe I can finish it next month - in time for the weather to warm up!

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