Sample Knitting: Rift

Brooklyn Tweed has recently launched their second Men's Collection and I contributed a little bit by knitting the sample for Rift.

Rift is a lovely sweater designed by Jared Flood and knit in Brooklyn Tweed Shelter yarn. It is a faux raglan. The body is knit in the round with ribbing up the sides for the look of a seam. The ribbing then continues diagonally from the armholes to the neckline for the look of a raglan sleeve even though it is set in.

I really enjoyed knitting this sample. It is always a pleasure to work with Jared and always great to get to knit with Brooklyn Tweed yarn.

I like the entire Men's Collection and I am so glad that he does these. I find it difficult sometimes to find modern, well-designed sweater patterns for men and this fills that void. Some other designs in the collection I really like are:

Denali by Norah Gaughn

Sawyer by Julie Hoover

Albion by Michele Wang
All photos by Jared Flood and are used here with his permission.

Work In Progress: Some Secret Knitting

I have a new project on the needles and it is a secret because it is going to be a gift for someone. It is a bit of a different project than I am used to knitting but so far, so good! Besides, it was getting a little too heavy on the stripes around here. I had to change it up.

F.O.: Breton

I recently finished the striped sweater that I started knitting last year - just in time for spring, which is nice because it is a lighter weight sweater.

Pattern: Breton by Jared Flood from BT Fall 12 Yarn: Cascade 220 Fingering in White and Navy Needles: size US 3

This sweater took a little bit of time to knit considering it is made with fingering weight yarn. I absolutely love the Cascade 220 Fingering. It is nice and soft and light and you truly cannot beat the price. It was a fairly easy knit because it was straight stockinette but I wasn't bored knitting it because of the stripes and the also all of the design details like the French seams at the shoulder and the decreasing at the neckline and to finish it with the rolled collar.

The mods I made were minor. I had to add an inch and a half of length to the body and an inch to the sleeves. Other than that I stuck to the pattern. I am so pleased with the way it turned out. It fits like a dream and I love it. My husband thinks it is one of the best things that I have knit yet. This style is something that is so classic, I am so glad to have this addition to my wardrobe. It will definitely get a lot of wear.

F.O.: Little Mittens

Back in November when the weather started to turn cold, my twins would complain about cold hands when we went out for a walk. I had just come off of an intense month and a half of knitting a sample for Brooklyn Tweed (yet to be revealed) and I was really behind with my hat/mitten knitting. Nolan and Hayden are now 3 but they still have little hands - I could knit them up some mittens in no time!

I found some yarn in my stash and I already had a pattern so I started right away.

Pattern: Mittens by Melinda Goodfellow Yarn: Cascade 220 in Navy and Lamb's Pride Worsted in White Needles: US 5 and US 6

I am pretty lucky because all of my boys love it when I knit something for them. It makes them feel special. The entire time I was knitting these the twins kept asking if I was done yet and wanted to try them on as soon as one came off the needles. I wish I had more time to knit a lot more things for them because they totally appreciate it. I have sweaters planned for all three of them for next fall. I have my fingers crossed that I can get them done - I should start now!!