Scalloped Sweater Set

I've been wanting to make this for many years. I saw this in a old 74' issue of Woman's Day magazine (yes, I was crocheting when the issue came out!). It was part of a series called 'The Warm, Wonderful World of Sweaters'.

There was a men's striped sweater set I liked, started to make it, but thought all the colors (I was using different shades of blue, my favorite, of course)would make it too busy. Also, the fact that the entire thing was to be done in the (sc, ch1) seed stitch didn't help either.

Back to the woman's set......the ripple slipover is what really drew my attention. The cardigan was a V-neck made in plain dc.

One problem was that the slipover looked too small, and the different sizes depended on using different size hooks. Well, I tend to crochet tight, so that threw out that logic out the window, and the other thing was that they wanted you to change colors on every row...

UH, WHAT?.....Hell, I didn't like it thing THAT much!!LOL

So, I just put it on the back,(WAY, WAY, BACK!!)burner, forgeting all about it.

For some reason don't know why, I saw the pattern while looking for something else, and thought, hmmm, I'll give it another stab at it.

I did make a couple changes (put the 'KEN' spin on it!), and did my version of the matching cardigan (in one piece from the neck down!!The pattern will be available soon on Lulu.

The only sewing was the shoulder seams, how cool is that!!

So, what do you think?

Diagonal Box St Shrug

Wanted to try another way for a sweater-like shrug.
I choose this stitch pattern to give it a more textured look without looking and feeling bulky.

Click link for pattern.

Design 7539 Coat

I finally, FINALLY finished it!!!

I'm still not too happy about the opening. the pattern calls for just one button, at the collar...no clips, fasteners, nothing......

Thinking of adding hooks, but I'm not too sure about that. We'll see.

Vertical Shell St Jacket

Well, I finally finished it. A good online friend sent me the pattern from Germany while attending school a couple of years ago. It's from a magazine called Diana.

There was one problem, all the patterns were written in German!! OK. at least the pattern that I was interested in had a diagram, so I kinda could figure it out from that. But I decided to put the idea aside for awhile.

I finally picked it back up, mainly because, while browsing thru different Ravelry forums, I ran across a member whose ID was 'HilaryinGermany'. I thought I'd just ask if she'd translate it for me, and she did (thanks, Hilary!!). Don't ask me why I didn't ask the friend who sent the magazine, maybe I just didn't want to be a bother.

Anyway, after reading Hilary's translation, I wasn't too sure about it, especially the sleeve instructions, so I came up my own version.

I decided to choose the color 'Linen' so it could go with alot of different Fall/Winter colors (besides, I had alot of it). The original pattern called for 3 different colors, changing each every row (Yeah!, like that was gonna happen!!). The 3 colors looked too busy to me, and my taste leans toward the simple, basic side.I'd planned to put a accent color as a trim anyway.

The pattern says that this is made in one piece, from one sleeve to the other. OK, that might work, but that means that you'd have to work decreases in the opposite direction. HUH?.....we can forget about that idea.....

I just made 2 identical pieces, then just sew the pieces together at the back.
Hey! I already started both sleeves anyway, so I went with it.

I made the sides (front and back) a little longer, and planned to add side pockets (just gotta thing about jackets and coats having pockets), as well as buttons on the front too.

The next tricky part was figuring out the back collar/scarf. The pattern wasn't too clear, but I did figure it out (Personally, I think the scarf width is too wide, but it's have to do.....the brother ain't taken it out now!!)

So, onward I went.....what do you think? Click link to pattern site.

Ripple Lace Shawl

I saw this nice shawl on Etsy the other day and thought it was something easy to make. The pattern is available at:(click title).

I tried to figure it out from just the photo. I used 2 skeins of RH SS 'Pale Yellow'. I think it called for some thin, thin yarn (UGH!!)