Tea with Jam and Bread

January 13, 2013

The most cutest sweatshirt ever!  The pattern, Tea with Bread and Jam by Heidi Kirrmaier is a perfectly simple and functional sweater design.  I've seen this pattern knitted more form fitting, which is beautiful, but for mine I wanted more of a comfy, roomy sweatshirt style.  I love it.  Yarn is Brooklyn Tweed's Shelter, an American grown and milled worsted weight wool.  It has a lovely and bouncy feel when knitting except there was a lot of vegetable matter in the yarn, and it was slow going picking it out as I went along.  It's a bit scratchy so probably best suited for outerware, but with a tee underneath the feel of the sweater is perfect.  My colors are Soot, Sweatshirt and Camper.  Love the tiny pockets, great place for the pedometer. Also, the pattern is written for sizes for children, women and men.  Very handy pattern to have in the library!  My Ravelry link here.

 


Lots of fun knits on the needles right now and most are tiny needle projects so they are taking some time.  One is using the new Kidsilk Haze Glamour and another using a fingering weight Isager Highland.  Still, I hope I'll have another finished piece to share soon.  Have a great week.

xoxo Kristen

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  1. Ivy, Phyllis and Me!January 14, 2013 at 1:49 AM

    Good Morning Kristen, I love the name of this jumper....Tea, Jam and Bread. I also love where the pockets are positioned......just right. I have made a note of this pattern, because it will be perfect for our winters.
    Have a lovely day.
    Best Wishes
    Daphne

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  2. GailJanuary 14, 2013 at 4:32 AM

    This looks so snuggly. I really love the close-up shot where we can see the texture of the yarn. Just beautiful!

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  3. DebJanuary 14, 2013 at 5:20 AM

    Oh my goodness, this is cute. I love the colours mostly. The pockets just add the finishing touch. Gorgeous. Deb

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  4. LynneJanuary 14, 2013 at 6:42 AM

    Great sweater Kristen. I love the style and the colors. Very, very cute!

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  5. AntoninaJanuary 14, 2013 at 8:09 AM

    Great is your sweater, beautifully chosen colors.
    I really like your fabric.

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  6. Knit-ZillaJanuary 14, 2013 at 9:10 AM

    I love this sweater, and the colors! I just love the tweediness of Shelter and hope to be knitting with it soon. What is VM?

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    1. Kristen RettigJanuary 15, 2013 at 8:36 AM

      vegetable matter! The annoying bits of chopped hay and weeds that need to be picked out!

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  7. Alycia NicholsJanuary 14, 2013 at 2:09 PM

    CUTE sweater, but now I'm not going to be able to get that "Sound of Music" song out of my head for days!!!!!!!!!

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  8. PennyJanuary 14, 2013 at 5:18 PM

    Love it. What does the yarn feel like?

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    1. Kristen RettigJanuary 15, 2013 at 8:35 AM

      Thank you Penny. I've just edited my post above to add a little note about the feel of the yarn while knitting and wearing.

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2013 at 8:58 PM

    I LOVE that sweater. Your new header is very attractive.

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  10. UnknownJanuary 16, 2013 at 1:49 AM

    I like all your sweaters, good job !!!
    http://kasiaknits.blogspot.com/

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  11. KristenJanuary 16, 2013 at 8:50 AM

    Yum! That looks like the perfect sweater to me. Heidi is my fave designer--Atelier is on the needles right now. Looks like this will be the next one! Beautiful job. :)

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  12. KasiaJanuary 23, 2013 at 12:01 AM

    Super .

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