New springtime pattern

A design I have been very excited to see released is now available! It is part of the second Fyberspates Scrumptious Collection which was published yesterday. The design is called Darent and is knitted in Scrumptious DK in Plum.

It uses one of my favourite 19th century lace patterns - Pear and Trellis, which has incredible texture as well as being lacy and really seems to pop out of the fabric. It is also a surprisingly simple pattern to knit. The garment is knit in one piece, with the sleeves joined to the main body at the armholes with the work then continued in one piece. The soft low neckline and three quarter sleeves makes it ideal for spring/summer wear and is extremely flattering for fuller busts.

The raglan shaping on the upper arms provide a neat fully fashioned detail. The Pear and Trellis pattern continues up the front edges of the cardigan providing a perfectly finished edging without the need for any additional finishing.

One of my favourite details about Darent is the single pattern repeat on the sleeve edge. It just seems to bring everything together.

The design in some ways is a bit of a different look for me - with a bit of a contemporary style about it - but at the same time its got a very vintage feel to it. Worn with a flowery Laura Ashley dress and a floppy straw hat it could really bring a hint of an 'Edwardian Lady' into a summer wardrobe.

The pattern is available in a wide range of sizes from 32 through to 50 inch bust and can be purchased as part of the Scrumptious 2 collection here for only £9.00 for the collection. You can also see the rest of the collection on its ravelry page here.

As it knits up very quickly I'm really hoping that I'll get the chance to knit one for myself this summer!

for now

Ruby xx

(All images by Amanda France, Copyright @Fyberspates 2013)

Had to frog

Just spent my spare time the last couple of days working on a pair of lovely, lacy over the knee, long socks with a 12 row pattern repeat in 4 ply and tonight whilst watching Project Catwalk, and not concentrating I MADE A MISTAKE and you can see it really clearly so have had to take it out right to the beginning as I wasn't sure what row I was on. Damn, Damn, Damn.

So tomorrow we start again. After a trip to my LYS to buy some more yarn. Had done the socks in cream and think that was a mistake too now, so am going to look for a more sympathetic colour, and some olive green yarn for a 1930's/1940's style hat.

Also scanning in some of these great images from my old mags.

Hopefully more progress tomorrow...

but, for now

Ruby x