See How Berroco Sweaters Look on a Live Model

I’m not proud to admit it, but I’m not a really regular reader of the Berroco blog, even though I love Berroco yarn and I think Norah Gaughan is a genius and I’m so inspired by what they do.

That said, I did recently pay a visit and saw this awesome “What to Knit” segment featuring a real life (and really tall) person trying on different knit sweaters so she could see what they looked like on her in real life and with her real clothes.

It’s really fascinating, because things you don’t expect to look good on her end up being really cute. She and I both fell in love with Gibson, a big top-down cardigan with ribbed panels on the front and a wide collar. It’s worked in a new yarn, Kodiak, which is a blend of alpaca, nylon and wool.

Both the yarn and the pattern are set to be released soon, and I’m rather looking forward to it.

[Photo via Berroco.]

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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.

[Photo: Knit Picks]

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Comments

Ashley Palumbo says
August 9, 2013 at 12:12 pm
Glad you enjoyed the video, Sarah!
I just wanted to clarify that this yarn and the pattern are actually available now, but some shops wait until the end of summer to take their orders.
Anyone interested can use our store locator to see whether or not your LYS has them in stock: http://www.berroco.com/store-locator.
Sarah White says
August 9, 2013 at 12:14 pm
Oh, OK! Thanks, Ashley.

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