Winter is coming! Part1 : Tiny Tea Leaves

Summer has come and almost gone and now it's time to think about your winter knitting. The Tiny Tea Leaves cardigan is a very easy knit and accessible to beginners. If you are considering knitting your first top down seamless knit, this pattern is for you. It also exists in an adult version. I made one many moons ago.

I finished this one in December and it still fits my daughter. What I like about this pattern is its top down construction which makes it easy to lengthen the cardigan as the kids grow. If anyone has a few grams of Madelinetosh DK in Flashdane left, I'm interested because we might have to lengthen the sleeves a bit so that she can continue wearing it this winter.

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 L'été est presque terminé et il est maintenant temps de penser à vos projets de tricots pour l'hiver. Le Tiny Tea Leaves Cardigan est un très facile à tricoter et accessible aux débutants. Si vous avez envie de vous lancez dans le tricot "top-down" sans couture,  ce modèle est pour vous. Il existe aussi dans une version adulte.

J'ai terminé ce gilet en décembre et il va toujours à ma fille. Ce que j'aime de ce modèle est sa construction "top-down" qui est très pratique car les enfants grandisse vite et avec ce genre de construction c'est très pratique pour rallonger les manches et corps du gilet. Si quelqu'un a quelques grammes de Madelinetosh DK Flashdane, je suis intéressé parce que je vais peut être devoir rallonger un peu les manches pour cette hiver.
 

Pattern : Tiny tea leaves

Yarn : Madelinetosh DK in Flashdance

In search of the perfect cardigan : Lucinda

The weather is warming up and I realised that I didn't have any light weight cardigans in my wardrobe. I went through my stash and found lots of yarn which would be perfect for a light weight summer cardigan. So with yarn in hand I went browsing through Ravelry. There are so many lovely patterns out there but realistically I would never be able to make all of them.

So after lots of swatching and false starts, my choice was Lucinda.

I chose my Madelinetosh Merino Light in Curiosity, that has patiently been waiting for two years, and started knitting. As I was knitting this I wasn't quite convinced as the cardigan doesn't have a front, Lucinda is something between a shrug and cardigan. Now that I've finished it and worn it several times, I just love it and think this will be my perfect summer cardiagn.

There are lots of features that I like in this design and I'm thinking of making another one but with long sleeves and a front.

ps: For my French readers, I will do a translation of this post a bit later when I have time.

Pattern: Lucinda

Yarn: Madelinetosh Merino Light in Curiosity

Needles : 3,75mm