One of my favorite tops is Picovoli, designed by Grumperina a few years ago. It is a great pattern and swept the blog world when it was introduced. It is designed to be knit with a DK weight yarn, but I knit my first one with Rowan Calmer and had to completely adjust the numbers to accommodate this yarn! I started a new one last week using Rowan Glace - one of my summer favorites! This is a great project - quick, relatively easy, top down, beautiful shaping, I could go on and on! The pictures are pretty accurate for color. Please excuse the incomplete, unblocked top, but I just couldn't wait to share it! Aren't those waist decreases amazing?!?
Another project I have to share is very dear to my heart. A few years ago, a niece graduated from high school and was going off to college. My mother and I knit her a blanket to take to school. We used the Manos Four Seasons pattern. Now her sister is going away to college and we must carry on with tradition! We didn't want to do the same blanket and needed something just a special. My mother has a blanket, knitted by her mother, which has been the one thrown over any of us when we were sick and laying on the couch or in need of comfort. My grandmother knit it in 1972 and it was one of the last big projects she ever did. So, I decided it was perfect for my niece. Luckily, my mother has saved the original (very old!) pattern and I was able to modify it so we could do it together and use yarn I have at the shop.
We are doing the blanket, which we've named "Nannie's Blanket," in panels using Jo Sharp Mohair Infusion (for the 2 multi-colors) and Sublime Kid Mohair. The color changes are done with a slip stitch so they are very subtle. I love it!
I have a few customers knitting their own and thought I would share it here. I have the modified pattern at the shop and would love to help pick colors if you'd like to do one of your own. I can't wait to finish this one so I can do another. I'll do my next one all in one piece.
