G picked up a copy of Midwest Modern Knits for me yesterday, and the patterns are fab: straightforward yet fun, just as you'd expect from Amy.
I'm head-over-heels in love with the Pretzel Scarf,
but I'm rather worried by the fact it requires 20 balls of yarn. Yikes!
While I quite like the Sleeveless Butterfly Jacket, too, which has a lovely folded collar and funky lace-up detail in back,
I'm also inexplicably drawn to this:
Though I have absolutely no idea what I'd do with it. Then again, practical considerations have rarely stopped me from undertaking a crafty pursuit!
I'm sure you could roast that with some olive oil, garlic and a sprinkle of cumin.
ReplyDeleteThey are very lovely patterns - perhaps they are a good place to atrt for me.
Lovely, but knitting seems to be for the wealthy these days.... Do you remember when knitting and sewing your own clothes was a thrifty way of life?
ReplyDeleteHow had I not heard this news? The patterns look a tad yarn hungry and complicated for my modest knitting skills, but I am drooling over the yarn shades.
ReplyDeleteGoodness Kristina, you're ahead of the game. I'd no idea Amy had turned to knitting! And what scrumptious knitting it is!
ReplyDeleteI love that scarf too, and I think the jacket would look lovely on you. Looking forward to having a look at the book at our next knitting group!
ReplyDeleteThat scarf makes me want to go make plait bread. Should that be the right response?
ReplyDeleteAs for the knitted vase (as I'm assuming it is) could you not fashion it around a preexisting vase and put a single sunflower in it?
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It looks like a lot of knitting! Especially that scarf.
ReplyDeleteAmy Butler knitting! I shall have to hunt out his book, although if the patterns are all yarn hungry it may be just a peek.
ReplyDeleteShe knits too? And now I feel even less adequate :-)
ReplyDeleteHow kind of G. I had no idea this existed! At this rate Amy Butler is going to take over the world. *crosses fingers* That scarf does indeed look great although if it takes 20 balls of yarn that probably means it would take me a roughly equal number of years to knit....hm. The collar on the jacket is lovely, I agree. Fun new things for the new season - there's a new Kim Hargreaves book out soon which I'm excited about too.
ReplyDeleteI am fascinated by the blue thing. Is it a conversation piece? Is it a cushion? Or is it something which is extremely (but not obviously) practical like a watermelon cosy?
ReplyDeleteoh I must check that book out!!
ReplyDelete(is the bottom a cushion?)
(and why didn't I know about that book? Ali, what were we doing?)
Hahaha just what IS that thing? I like the first two photos, though!
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