Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Iris


Pattern : Iris from 1991 AMU magazine

Yarn : Cometa 100% cotton ( used 7 balls)

Manufacturer : Mondial (Italy)

Needles: Japanese 4 (3.3 mm)

Sweet Pea

Pattern: Rich More #93
Yarn: Millefili Fine from Filatura Di Crosa (Italy)
Needles: Japanese 7 (4.2mm)

Tutti Frutti


Pattern: Rich More Summer 2006 #92
Yarn : Dolce Amore from Filatura Di Crosa ( Italy) 100% cotton
Needles: Japanese size 4 (3.3 mm)
Modifications: Knitted in smaller size by cutting a stitch repeat off. Also adapted a deeper collar than in the design.

Lavender


Pattern: World Knitting Spring/Summer 2006
Yarn: Egypt Cotton - 100% cotton ( Japan) ( 9 balls, 40g each)
Needles :Japanese 5 ( 3.6mm)
Modifications: Added extra rows to the body and collar.

Rose


Pattern: Keitodama Summer 2000
yarn: Filatura Dicrossa Millefille ( 6 balls)
needles :Japanese 5 ( 3.6mm) and crochet 3
modifications: I omitted the embroidered flowers on top of the diamonds and the sleeves border.

Calla Lilly


pattern: Richmore Vol.92
Yarn : Cotton Silk 90% cotton 10% silk ( used 6 balls of 40g)
Needle : Japanese size 9 ( 4.8 mm) ( size 6 -7 /3.9 - 4.2 mm required for the yarn)

Gardenia

>pattern: World Knitting Spring/Summer 2004
Yarn: Sirdar Pure Cotton for the body ( only used 1 ball of 100g) . Crochet thread that I bought at Michaels, sorry I can't remember the name and the labels were gone last summer as i was trying to knit something else.
needles: Japanese size 4 ( 3.3mm) for knitting and crochet size 2

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Rose Quartz scarf


Pattern: Scatter Rose Quartz - My own (? took from a stitch pattern book)
yarn: Kid merino wool ( Italy)- 3 balls
needles: Japanese size 5 - 3.6mm and crochet size 5 for the bobbles

Violet


Pattern: Japanese magazine - World Knitting 2005 Fall/Winter
Yarn : 9 balls of Cool Merino - Kid Yarn ( Italy) 100% wool
Needle : Japanese 6 (3.9mm) for the body and 5 (3.6mm) for the borders.
Modifications: I used one size up for the needles. Often the Japanese patterns are a bit small for me , so I decided to try to use thicker needles and yarn. In addition, I increased the armholes but forgot to enlarge the sleeves cap thus it's not as loose as I like around the arms