Picture Gallery — Sweaters — 2006
Matthew knit the Thistle Coat designed by Helene Rush) for his mother using Paintbox, a lovely self-striping yarn like Noro's Kureyon, but with less vegetable matter and a softer hand. The sweater had been in the shop since last January, and Matthew finally had a chance to see his mum wearing it on Christmas, 11 months later. His mum was tickled to death with it and could hardly wait to show it off!
Matthew knit this Sakiori Vest (from Cheryl Oberle's Folk Vests), using several Louisa Harding yarns (two colors of Thalia ribbon and three colors of Grace Silk & Wool). The shawl pin (also available from Needleworks) is reversible (purple tones on the other side) and is the perfect accessory to close the vest. Alternatively, the vest can be worn open with the shawl pin on the lapel.
Matthew knit this shrug for his niece, Haley, using Baby Loop Mohair from Cherry Tree Hill.
Matthew knit this vest for his brother-in-law, Galen. Each skein of Araucania Nature Wool Chunky is hand-dyed, and the variegation pooled differently, creating the visual bands in the vest (which was a happy accident).
Matthew designed and knit this fair isle vest for his father. The yarn is Pima Tencel (50/50 blend) from Cascade; it has an incredibly soft, silky-smooth hand; and it knits up beautifully.
Janice knit this vertically striped vest from Paintbox by knitting it from side-to-side. After following the pattern, she improved the fit by adding small panels at each side to provide a more fitted and less boxy fit.
Janice knit this wonderful diagonally striped vest.
Heidi knit another vest, this one in red, from a kit from Mountain Colors that includes several different yarns in the same colorway.
Here's yet another entry in Heidi's growing sweater collection; this time, she knit a glorious, long, red coat, combining a smooth yarn with a ribbon yarn to wonderful effect. As always, Heidi pairs her sweaters with just the right accessories. We especially love her red cowboy boots.
Heidi knit this wonderful coat and used the novelty yarn to create a "falling leaves" motif. The matching hat is just adorable; and, as always, Heidi has just the right accessories.
Heidi knit another of her trademark raglan short-sleeved sweaters, which Sharon is admiring appreciatively.
Mary knit this wonderful vest using Silk Garden from Noro.
Kate knit her latest short-sleeved sweater from Lily Multi, a cotton/silk blend yarn from Noro.
Kathy Delsignore knit this elegant sweater from Berroco Imagine, a cotton/rayon blend.
Heidi knit this fantastic, stunning cardigan from Lamb's Pride combined with novelty yarns.
Brenda knit her glorious vest from Paintbox; now she just needs to find the perfect buttons.
Kate knit her latest project, a short-sleeve sweater, with Cotton Classic Color from Tahki.
Heidi is at it again, whipping up the Kimono Vest from Cabin Fever in no time flat.
Heidi also whipped up this purple t-shirt.
Tami knit her tank-top with Linen Isle.
Kate knit another short-sleeve t-shirt style sweater with a great collar.
Heidi knit this fantastic cropped jacket with Louisa Harding yarns to wear to the opera. Brava!
Heidi knit this wonderful cardigan with 3/4 length sleeves from Mountain Colors yarn.
Kate had just five skeins of Cotolino in this color, and she really wanted a red, summer weight sweater; so, she augmented with a little Marco Polo from K1C2, using raglan shaping up to the color change, then switching to distribute the decreases throughout the yoke for a round neckline. And, with the gorgeous earrings, she proves that Heidi is not the only one who can pull out the killer accessories.
Heidi clearly loves wearing her kicky, short-sleeved, v-neck sweater!
Heidi had the novelty yarn in her stash and bought the Llama Seta in beige to create a wonderful cardigan. As always (and it now just about goes without saying), Heidi has the perfect accessories to coordinate with her sweaters.
Kate's latest sweater is a short-sleeve Tee knit from a lavender ribbon yarn, Jaeger Celeste.
Kate knit this two-color, short-sleeve sweater freestyle (i.e., without a pattern) so she'd have something to wear with her Citrus Explosion Shawl
Kate knit this short-sleeved lace top from Svale.
Kate knit this wonderful twin-set for Sharon. She used Linen Isle yarn from Plymouth.
Heidi knit this gorgeous, purple, short-sleeved, boatneck sweater for Sharon's birthday.
Heidi knit this short-sleeve boatneck sweater for a friend -- what a wonderful gift!
Heidi outdid herself with this vest knit on the diagonal with lots of fun yarn.
Kate used Svale to knit the French Lilac Cardigan from the Summer (2006) issue of Knitters.
Heidi knit this marvelous, boat-neck top (with a fantastic accessory, as per usual).
Heidi's new vest is magnificent!
Heidi knit a wonderful red sweater with short sleeves.
Heidi knit this wonderful short-sleeved sweater from Maggie's Linen.
Diane is modeling her wonderful new vest with a little help from Shalom, her fine feathered friend.
Adrienne and Heidi have each finished a lovely short-sleeve sweater, and they are both clearly thrilled with their newest sweaters.
Heidi knit the short sleeve sweater she is holding from Cash Iroha, from Noro, using recycled sari silk for the contrasting yarn.
Heidi's red vest was knit from Gobi, and of course she has the perfect accessories (and those of you who know her know how fond she is of dragons).
Kate was the first one to knit this vest from Paintbox.
The Thistle Coat was knit as a Christmas present for 2006. Come back to the site after that to find out who knit it and for whom.
Heidi's latest entry is a short sleeve sweater knit from Maggie's Linen (a cotton/linen blend) with something sparkly to jazz it up and with, of course, the perfect accessories!
Heidi (known more informally as the knitting machine) made yet another fantastic vest. The pattern for this one is in Folk Vests. And, as always, Heidi managed to have the perfect accessories.
Heidi also whipped up this short sleeve sweater using Royal Bamboo as her main color and then selected coordinating yarns to go with it because we didn't have enough of the bamboo (and she didn't want to wait for the special order to come in).
Heidi was thrilled to knit her Mountain Colors vest. Heidi's knitting would not be complete without the perfect accessory to complete her look, and her Westie pendant fills the bill quite nicely.
Leigh acted like her vest was nothing special, but everyone needs a basic black vest or sweater to wear with anything. This vest also comes to us from a pattern in Folk Vests.
That smile alone tells you how pleased this knitter was to finish such a glorious purple sweater, knit with such an interesting pattern as well.
Heidi has done it once more and upped the ante with her Sakiori Vest worked with a bamboo pattern!
Heidi says that her cardigan is "Linda-fied" because she was so inspired by the capelets Linda knit from Noro and Aura. Of course, as always, Heidi has the absolutely perfect accessories for her outfit. In fact, she admitted that she knit the sweater to go with the dragon pin.
Heidi also knit a fantastic Sakiori Vest (from Folk Vests).
Jen knit her cabled vest from the Folk Vests book.
Nikki knit a wonderful, short-sleeved sweater with a ribbed construction all the way through.
Heidi turned the tables on Matthew, insisting on taking his picture, even though his sweater is not new. The yarn is Sierra Quattro (a cotton/wool blend from Cascade Yarns).
Nikki knit yet another fantastic sweater; this time it's a cabled cardigan.
Robert started to knit himself this vest about three years ago, but (and this is the blasphemous part) got bored with knitting & never finished it. Matthew kept asking if he could finish it for him, and Robert finally agreed. Of course, by now he'd added a few pounds, so it had to be ripped out and re-knit from the start. At least the pocket linings were saved, so Robert can still claim to have knit part of his vest. The final travesty is that Robert vetoed the perfect green buttons for the New Tweed Yarn, insisting on the stodgier wooden buttons instead. The bottom line, though, is that the vest is wonderful and looks great on him.
Matthew knit this side-to-side vest for Grant using Twister (85% merino, 15% silk) from Mountain Colors.
The ever prolific Heidi knit a wonderful red cardigan for herself that combines wool and a strand of mohair. As always, Heidi has managed to accessorize her sweater to perfection.
Several of our customers have now knit this wonderful cabled shrug with Silk Garden from Noro.
Tami knit this wonderful red sweater from Araucania Nature Wool using the Wonderful Wallaby pattern, but without the hood or pocket.
