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Archives for April 2013

Carthamus

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April has been a month for publishing patterns here at Through the Loops. We started with a large square shawl called  Water Music, next up was a bottom-up yoked sweater named Beach Street Park, and then last week we introduced a cowl using Bare Naked Wools Breakfast Blend Fingering, called Rivington. Today I have one final pattern for you for the month  – Carthamus.

Sebastian yarn. With Anzula's beautiful range of colors choosing which two to use will be the hardest part.

& Rosalina. And as always thank you to my good friend and tech editor Karen!

Rivington Cowl

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A few months ago the good people at Knitspot offered to send me some of their Bare Naked Wools yarn to try. Since I am a huge admirer of  Anne Hanson's work and know that everything she does is done with class and integrity, I didn't hesitate to say yes. The yarn just had to be wonderful. When it arrived it was even better than I'd expected. The Breakfast Blend Fingering that they sent is a lovely blend of merino & alpaca with just a touch of nylon for strength.

and to Karen for tech editing.

Beach Street Park

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taunting me from my stash. I picked this yarn up at the first VK Live in NYC because I'd worked with Woobu when I created Swing Time for and I'd loved the yarn. I wanted to create a sweater that  would take advantage of Woobu's lovely drape. My idea was to make a sweater that was as comfortable and easy to wear as a sweatshirt, but more elegant and refined. Something that I would want to wear over and over again.

(and Sara's blog), Lori, Patty, Beth, Yiling, & Nadia.  And thank you as always to my friend and tech editor Karen.