The Flamingo Ouroborus. Takhi Stacy cotton.
The fair isle pattern is Jolie's own design. The ouroborus construction comes from Debbie New Unexpected Knitting. Debbie works hers from the center out. Jolie cast her on provisionally
and worked inward because she says: "I feel I make nicer double-decreases than double-increases. Then
I went back and picked up for the bands." The entire garment is double-knit and completely reversible.
The second photo is Nancy Barke, Jan Stephens, and Jolie with the aran
sweater. It was made out of cone cotton bought at JoAnne's. Jolie said, "I think the whole sweater cost
about $20. It was my first sweater. It has a lot of seed stitch. And I originally made the sleeves too long.
Because they were knit in the round, I was able to unpick a row, take out the excess length, and graft the sleeves back seamlessly."
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This is Bill and Elyse Anderson with the Valentine Gansey. Jolie
used Beth Brown-Rensel's book Knitting Ganseys as a starting point.
The yarn is a discontinued Debbie Bliss cotton. The heart pattern in the center is Jolie's own devising.
Most of the patterns came from the Barbara Walker Stitch Treasuries with some minor alterations.
The sweater Chelsea is holding is a sample from The Whole Nine Yarns.
Next to last one is a Baby Surprise jacket, the Elizabeth Zimmermann classic.
It is knit in assorted acrylic stuff from Hobby Lobby -- leftover yarn from my square in the AKG scarecrow.
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Third photo has Lois Mitchell holding a doll-sized top-down raglan sweater.
This was a chance to learn from Barbara Walker's book Knitting from the Top.
For the raglan lines, Jolie made a small three-stitch braided cable and hid the double-increases behind the cable.
These two photos show Jolie's bottom-up yoke sweater (BJ is holding
it in the first one). That sweater is knit in Takhi cotton classic. It has circular intarsia, which Jolie does
not recommend. (There are reasons why patterns are not written in circular intarsia.) The blue sweater on the
table is a commercial handknit (wool) that is also a yoke sweater. This construction is well-covered by Elizabeth Zimmermann
in Knitting Without Tears. It is also super easy and she highly recommends
it for first-time sweaters.
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