Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 10:19AM | Breean Elyse If you get bored today, take a little looky-loo over at the Swans Island blog where you can read my interview.
Anna Cowl (C) Swans Island
Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 5:45PM | Breean Elyse A little while ago I told you that I have 3 designs in the Swans Island Fall 2011 pattern collection. They announced the collection today and I have pictures to share!!
Introducing......
The open book hat using Swans Island Worsted
(C) Swans Island
The snow bowl hat using Swans Island bluky weight
(C) Swans Island
and the anna cowl using Swans Island worsted weight
(C) Swans Island
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 12:06PM | Breean Elyse I know, I know. People really hate swatching. And, I admit, I used to be one of those people. Recently though, I've been on a swatching kick.
Every so often I discover one of those stitch patterns that keeps my interest while also allowing for easy, enjoyable knitting. Whenever I find one of these gems, I begin knitting it up in a variety of yarn weights, using various needle sizes in order to achieve the perfect fabric.
This happens to be one of those stitch patterns.
It's an 8 row repeat that includes a lot of purling. I'm usually not a big fan of purling, but I've gotten much quicker at it now that I've spent several hours working with this stitch pattern!
Stitch pattern via the Harmony Guides: Lace & Eyelets
Yarn is Swans Island Organic Merino Worsted in logwood
swans island yarns, swatching | in inspiration, yarn Monday, July 18, 2011 at 2:57PM | Breean Elyse I have 3 designs in the new Swans Island pattern collection coming out later this summer. My favorite is the Anna Cowl - a lovely loop knit up in garter stitch and a simple scalloped lace pattern. The Swans Island Certified Organic Merino Worsted is lovely to work with and the finished product is BEYOND soft and drapey.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 11:20PM | Breean Elyse there have been a lot of secret projects in the works lately. a few of them have been for the new knitting pattern collection by Swans Island. they have begun a slow release of their patterns on their website.
i attended the tnna show in columbus this past weekend and got to see the entire first collection. it was lovely! i had three patterns in the collection - a gray scalloped cowl, a brown hat with snowflake embroidery, and a textured white earflap hat made with their new bulky weight yarn (the cream hat in the photo below). these images show a glimpse of the lovely Swans Island booth at tnna.
Image Courtesy of Swans Island Blog
the gray cowl, which i don't have a photo of, was featured (along with a gorgeous cabled sweater by Michele Orne) in the tnna fashion show!
more details coming soon!
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