My Latest Finished Object: Nutmeg

Last week I was writing about sweater knitting for About, and I illustrated an article with an in-progress sweater.

I got a few questions about what sweater it was, so I thought I’d share now that it’s finished.

The pattern is Nutmeg by Jennifer Stark, and it’s a free Ravelry download.

It’s a dead simple top-down raglan pullover worked in bulky yarn that literally has four rounds of purl in the whole thing. I love a rolled hem!

I worked mine in Misti Alpaca Chunky in California Lilac. It’s not a color I’d usually pick for myself but I love it. This big sweater is really warm and cozy and I’m sure I’ll be wearing it a lot once it’s a little colder.

What have you finished lately? I’d love to hear about it!

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As I write this, it’s probably time to start thinking about winter knitting if you haven’t already. And it’s definitely time to think about gift knitting if you have any of that you plan to do for the holidays.

The Dreamy Waves Scarf from Knit Picks, designed by Stacey Winklepleck, would be a great project to go in either category.

It uses two different multicolored yarns and a simple repeating wave pattern to make a project that looks a lot more complicated and dramatic than it is. The gradient look happens naturally just by switching which yarn you’re knitting with.

This pattern uses worsted weight yarn so it’s a pretty quick project even though a scarf is large and this one is pretty wide. It measures 8.5 inches (21.5 cm) wide and 63 inches or 120 cm long. Of course you can make it longer or shorter as you like. As written it takes one ball of each color so it’s a pretty economical project, too.

It’s rated for intermediate knitters but if you know how to do various increases and decreases you’ll be all set. The pattern uses knit 2 together, make 1 left and right, centered double decrease and slip slip knit. All of the stitches are explained in a glossary in the pattern so even if you haven’t done all of them it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out.

The pattern also includes tons of options for different colorways in yarn that Knit Picks sells, so you can see how different combinations knit up before you buy the yarn. That’s such a great idea!

Of course if you already have two multicolored yarns with long color runs on hand, you can absolutely use them, too. It might also be fun, but would give you a totally different look, to use a solid color and a bunch of scraps or one multicolored yarn to see how the different colors play together. So many options!

You can grab this free pattern and check out all the color options at Knit Picks.

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Rachelle Mathews says
October 29, 2013 at 1:50 pm
I’m literally making Nutmeg right now with Knit Picks Brava bulky in black. So far my white dog is doing an excellent job shedding all over my WIP
Carmen says
October 30, 2013 at 12:11 pm
You did a beautiful job! I just finished a cotton bath mat for my sister and need to start working on some other Christmas gifts.

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