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Sweater Club 2020! Episode 1
November 04, 2020
We've done it again this year, Sweater Club!
The sweater club is a product that Tokuko designs two items that she really wants to wear and sells them as a set. For those who have purchased it, we will sell it with a video explaining the points of knitting by the designer, and we will not sell it separately for one year.
I couldn't escape this year, so I made two works! Starting today, I would like to talk about the heart of design in several parts.
Magazines and books have pre-concepts, and I think about colors and shapes based on those concepts. I have to think about it. Maybe that's the hardest thing.
So, this time, I made two works based on the concept of "making something to match the shirt".
First of all, it is a 2way cardigan knitted with Floating.
Floating is a great yarn from A Verb for Keeping Warm. Since it has a light and soft feeling, I thought that cardigans would be good from the first time I touched this thread.
I think I've probably purchased Floating twice since I started handling it, but I can't seem to find a good pattern even after many years! It's a very good thread, but I was very disappointed that I couldn't introduce it to everyone. With that in mind, let's finally make our own. That's why I chose Floating.
The first delusion was a cardigan with a lace pattern on the front. I wanted to make it look like I was wearing a shawl. I thought about how to rationally create the front descent, but the structure was so complicated that I couldn't get a good image of it even if I drew it on paper, so it took me quite a while to get started.
No matter how many lace patterns I wanted to put in the front body, it didn't work out, so I decided to throw away the idea of putting lace in the front body and build a new knit base.
One day, when I was struggling, I came up with the idea of putting a flechage in the center of the back body, referring to a shape that I thought was interesting to knit once, and finally started! have become.
*Sweater club sales are scheduled for November 20th.
La Bien Aimée Helix
November 04, 2020
The always lovely Parisian yarn shop La Bien Aimée has just delivered Helix , a blend of Falkland Merino and Gotland Wool. Gotland wool is a light gray yarn with a fluff similar to mohair, but when it is mixed with white merino, the luster increases and the color becomes deeper, creating a unique yarn. I'm here.
La Bien Aimée is always intrigued by its beautiful colors, but when it is expressed on this Helix, it has a different charm, and you will want to pick up and knit any color.
I took two strands of light pink Helix and crocheted a shawl called Cadence by Sylvia McFadden, which is familiar from shawl books. This shawl was designed for this thread when Helix was announced. The repetition of the pattern was also comfortable, and I was able to knit it in no time while realizing the splendor of the yarn. It's light and rustic, but it has just the right amount of softness and an elegant sheen, and I really like it.
I'm so fascinated by this thread that I'm fantasizing about knitting a cardigan next.
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