A Brilliant way to knit a sweater - make it fit, make it seamless.

Last weekend I spent it with the YaYa sisterhood and we had a good time.

     We laughed and we knit:

     We were bandits and we knit:

     We were daughters and we knit:

And we were amazed at the method that Tuulia Salmela has come up with to make a sweater from the top down, that fits, that has a set in sleeve, and WORKS!

Yes, Martha, this REALLY is knit in one piece and you can try it on as you go. Look for a pattern from Tuulia in the near future.

We also did a bit of enjoying of the Fall, and went to a Northwest Regional Spinner's Annual Spin-In and, of course, visited all the local yarn shops!

   

Update 7 November 2008 | Finished the Sweater Sample from this class

 

 

 

I've already knit a swatch to get an adult sweater going with this method. I'm jazzed!

My ever-present Ben

Got a Dragon by the Tail

Tuulia Salmela, an incredible knitwear designer from Finland, dyed, spun, designed, then knit this incredible shawl. Then, for some completely unfathomable reason, GAVE it to me. The least I could do was photograph it in all it's glory. Tuulia is the model. Read more about Tuulia's adventures in knitting at: http://tuulia.blogspot.com. She calls it the Red Dragon. (More photos of the Dragon here.) 

A pattern will be available shortly! Check out her blog or her Designer page on Ravelry. Click a photo to see it big.

    

 

And for fun, another kind of tale-- Ben, one of my cats is VERY social. See him hanging all over Tuulia as she spins. Hilarious!