WIP: Winterfolk
After I finished making Aran-style cardigan, I was going to move onto something a little more spring-like. But when I saw Winterfolk by Joji Locatelli, I fell in love. It's so beautiful! (Joji herself is gorgeous so that made the cardigan look even more attractive!)
Winterfolk is a long-length knitted coat, I love the simplicity, A-line shape, long length, a hood, and giant cables...
So I decided to start knitting Winterfolk. After all, March is still winter here in Canada.
I'm using Cascade 220 Heathers in colourway 9558 Pale Blue Heather.
It's a big project and I need a quite bit amount of yarn, so I couldn't get super luxury yarn. Cascade's still pretty good yarn (and not that cheap) and comes in a great range of colourways.
The gauge seems to work fine with this project so that's perfect. Just like the name suggests, 9558 is a pale blue and is cool-toned. It's sort of an icy blue and I thought that was a perfect match for Winterfolk.
Also, I finally have a Yarn Swift thanks to my husband! It's especially helpful when I have 10 skeins!
Winterfolk is worked top-down which I'm happy about, I'm short (about 4' 11") so I usually have to adjust the length if it's a long-length garment. Top-down makes that process so much easier!
I started this project in the beginning of March, and was hoping to finish it by the end of the month. Well, I don't think it's going to happen!
Hopefully I can finish sometime in April as I don't like to knit a big wool project during spring/summer (too hot on my lap!) I also don't like to put it aside for a long time, I'm worried my gauge might change, so I really need to try to finish it soon.
So far it's grown down to about my hip, so maybe a half way to go? I might work on sleeves first after knitting one more ball of the body.
I really really like these cables! It's not too complicated to knit, just fun. The yarn seems to show stitches very well to, it's pretty 3D.
Looking forward to having this finished. Stay tuned!
[Ravelry ID: ayabuttons]
Mar 29, 2017
