Poncho Sweater

And here I present a recently finished garment! This is a self drafted pattern. It's loosely based on a garment I saw in a window on a mannequin at a shop at the Shinjuku Station in Tokyo when I was there on vacay in October last year. I call it a "poncho sweater" because it is essentially two rectangles with a hole for the head. Well, it's a hole with a nice fluffy collar added :). I forgot what sort of collar the window garment had since I had deleted the photo by accident. I do know that it had fringe on the sides, but I didn't really want fringe. I ended up adding the button tabs on the sides because it reduces the flapping around of the pieces and also gives the garment an illusion of shape. The yarn is a blend of merino wool and bamboo so it has nice drape. It's a discontinued brand from WEbS. My favorite feature of this sweater is the fluffy collar.

Happy 2024!

Happy 2024 everyone! I can't believe that I haven't posted any knitting projects since April of 2023. Knitting has been happening, although at a slower rate than past years. Here's one cardigan I knitted some time ago last year. It's the Wilder pattern, knit in a bulky yarn from Cascade. It's a really warm sweater so I enjoy wearing it this winter. It's also an oversized look, so I made mine shorter in length and moved the pockets higher because I didn't want that long of a baggy sweater. For some reason, I could not capture a good photo of me wearing this thing -- it always came out crooked and my neck came out too thin! It's probably because I wasn't in the mood to take a picture anyway.:)

On the other hand, here's a photo of a much more photogenic life form with her new vest! This is Proton the Dog, who can get a bit cold because she doesn't have a thick undercoat of fur like some dogs do. I used up some leftover yarn and made her a granny square sweater/vest. She seems to like it, or at least she doesn't complain!