Friday, May 15, 2009

Juicy Orchid Cardigan


I made this cardigan using this pattern from The Juicy Book 354 by Sirdar. This was a quick knit using only 11 skeins of Harvest. Harvest is 100% Australian wool yarn now discontinued from the Spotlight range. I bought a lot of this yarn on sale about a year ago. I think I was crazy at the time as I still have 19 skeins left! This yarn is hard wearing and soft, great for an everyday garment. The crepe construction lends itself to the lace pattern on the bottom of the body and sleeves as it keeps the lace form compact and neat as the yarn has minimal fuzz. My cardigan is unfortunately a bit short on me although it is longer than the instructed length. Apologies for the blurred image.

I needed:
10 balls of Harvest by Spotlight

3.5mm needles

Juicy by Sirdar book.


Cost:
Yarn: 10x$1.99(at Spotlight on sale)
=$19.90 SG

Friday, May 8, 2009

Little Tsunami

Picchio by Moda Vera is a beautiful new single ply yarn from Spotlight. Its composition is 70% fine super wash merino and 30% silk which makes it light in weight, soft, great drape and with a slight fuzzy halo. Because of its great yardage it took 2 skeins for me to create my luxurious scarf from the pattern Big Wave from Sublime #602, The Sublime Merino Hand Knit Book. This was an interesting knit as the colours fade and out reminding me of butterfly wings, a must have for Noro fans. Almost hypnotised by the colours unfurling I found it difficult to put this project down.


I needed:
2 balls of Picchio by Moda Vera In dusk
4mm needles

Cost:
Yarn: 2x $7.99(at Spotlight)
=$16AU