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February 09, 2020








When I first saw Fade Neve by Andrea Mowry I knew I wanted to make it in cotton with shorter sleeves for a summer sweater. I'm not a person who usually loves bobbles, but this quirky pattern spoke to me. The original look of the pattern is adorable, but I knew if I were to make it work on me, I'd have to make it a little more low key: beige in color and more fitted. That might just sound a little too vanilla, but I love plain old vanilla knits. Since I wasn't going to fade colors I thought the stockinette side would be prettier, and since I knit stockinette I decided to go with bobbles instead of nupps. The pattern is very easy to follow and super fun to knit. The bobble rows were my favorite part! Rowan Summerite Cotton DK is divine--like knitting with velvet. If you fear cotton being hard on your hands (cotton gets a bad rap in that department) try this! It's easy to knit! Hooray! I love wearing beige and white together in summer so I imagine I'll be wearing this often. These are my white jeans but I have some nice white linen pants that I'll wear with this too, plus regular blue jeans. Wearability: 10.

A few notes on fit from my Ravelry page: I knit the smallest size and used needles US 4 and 6. I separated  body and sleeves on row 44. To make it a little more fitted I cast on only 5 stitches at sleeve separation, not 11. I may end up adding a little bit of length to the ribbing, but I'll wait until I start wearing it in summer to decide.

Recipe for Small and Tidy Bobble:
Row 1- K FBFB (4 sts) 
Turn 
Row 2- P 4 
Turn 
Row 3- K2tog 2X (2 sts now on R needle) 
Row 4- Slip R st over L st 
One bobble made.






We had Carter for a few days last week. One morning we went downtown to run a few errands. While I was holding his hand and walking so slowly through town, I noticed other grandparents too with their grandchildren. We were ALL moving slowly and I imagine they felt just like me and were only too happy to slow down and savor the moment. We smiled at each other and gave admiring winks. Proud grandparents have their own little club and it makes me laugh.


I promised him a stop at the bakery if he was very good. They had a fire lit on the front patio and it was so cozy. In this picture it looks like he's daydreaming but he was actually carefully watching a couple try to get off their bikes and not too successfully lean them against a pole. This tiny incident translated into a good half hour of conversation. Time slows down when I'm with him and I love it.


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4 Comments

  1. Hi there
    I am sewing together my Gingersnap sweater. What type of stitch do you like to sew all the pieces together? This is my first attempt at a sweater and its for my beautiful grandson, Cameron! Thanks in advance

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  2. Curious if you made a smaller size than you normally would have to adjust for the cotton yarn? I want to do exactly this but I worry knitting my normal size will come out too large. Thoughts/suggestions? Thanks!

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