Happy Wednesday lovely readers!
In view of my move to Melbourne in a couple of months, I have decided to start crocheting and knitting more winter wear (it’s really cold down there compared to Brisbane). I haven’t knitted a full jumper in a few years and I though it was about time to get to it again. My nana recently sent me a parcel with some lovely aran weight yarn, so I decided to go with a chunky jumper. The pattern isย the textured jumper with stripes fromย Isabell Kraemer, and I already have my eyes set on other patterns from her (I honestly love most of her patterns, I’m going to have a hard time choosing the next one!). Because I haven’t knitted anything big in a while though, I decided to go with one of her free patterns first, just to get back in the swing of things. Also, the jumper is meant to be textured but I decided against. I am adding a few extra colours to my jumper, and I thought it would be too busy if I added a pattern on top of that.
I’m pretty happy with how it’s going at the moment, I am making stripes on the main body of the jumper as well (white and light blue), but I want them to fade, so I had some maths to do, we will see if it turns out okay!
I also want to crochet another shawl from Addidae Designs, Swaye. It’s so beautiful, and I have chosen those three colours, with the pink as my feature colour.
What do you think? I’m probably going to start this on my way to Europe next month, I might as well make use of the 26 hours of flight!
26 hours of knitting/crochet should finish you a couple of jumpers! Hopefully your aran jumper is working up quite quickly. I love the red and black combination.
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Thank you! I really like the colours too ๐ I should definitely have that finished with such a long flight!
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I’m with Julia and you…I love the black/red combo ๐
Where in Europe are you visiting? Going ‘home’? ๐ You might wanna take a crochet project…just in case. They’re weird about knitting needles ๐ I guess they’re worried that you might knit someone an unwarranted scarf or jumper ๐
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Haha Tina you are just too funny ๐ I have planned on taking a couple of shawls to work on and get my knitting needles in my checked in bag ๐ I’m going to a conference in Belfast and then back to see my parents in south France. I hope that it’s still pretty warm, I really would love to go to the beach ๐
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I too love your colours! It sounds like it will be finished in no time!
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Thanks Catherine ๐ I’ve been knitting quite a lot in the last few days, I should have the main body finished tonight.
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OOOOOO red and black goes so well! You’ve got some flying time to keep you busy, urgh though at the thought of 26 hours LOL. Enjoy your trip to Europe ๐
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Thanks Rebecca! I’m flying tonight and it will be so long but I’m pretty excited ๐ first time in Belfast too, I can’t wait to visit during my free time and maybe find a yarn shop or two ๐
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oh! flying so soon! Have a lovely time! ๐
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WOO take plenty of pictures!! Hope you find a yarn shop ๐
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Love the colors Emma!! I can’t wait to see everything when it’s finished!! Hope you have a wonderful trip!! ๐
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Thank you Tami! I will try to take plenty of pictures to share with you, I might be a bit more active on Insta than here though, and I’ll write a long post when I’m back ๐
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good idea! I knitted most of the way too and from Australia when I went earlier in the year. you can’t pass up such a great excuse!!! ๐ safe trip!
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So true, sometimes living so far from the rest of the world has its perks!
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You definitely need a project for 26 hours of free hand time! Nothing will make the flight go faster:)โค๏ธโค๏ธ. I’m excited to see what your jumper looks like! Happy travels and write a post or two so we can join in the fun a bit!
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It’s gone pretty fast already, I am quite tired though, but I’m two thirds through my virus shawl so that’s exciting! I think I will do a post maybe next Friday to share some pictures from Belfast ๐โค๏ธ
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You are way going to have a shawl memory of your trip:). I would LOVE to see some pictures from Belfastโค๏ธ!
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I love this he colours you’ve chosen for the shawl, they are so pretty!
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