Amimono Knit Collection
You guys know how much I’ve loved some of Helga Isager’s past collections (, ), and when the images from her new book, started showing up on the Internet, I knew I was not only going to be saving a ton of them at Ravelry for later, but that I would want to stock this one in the shop. It arrived last night (the English version) and I swear I almost slept with it under my pillow, hoping I could wake up inside of it. The whole thing is incredible, but my top picks are: TOP: – an allover diagonal-stitch pullover BOTTOM LEFT: – a cozy slouchy cocoon cardigan BOTTOM RIGHT: – a fuzzy little cabled turtleneck You can see the whole pattern set and! If you’ve had your eye on the black, please be aware it’s now in limited supply, so get it while they last!. PREVIOUSLY in New Favorites.
My lack of Pinterest time is showing. How else to explain that Helga Isager released a new collection of knitting patterns in December and I’m just now seeing it? Doesn’t quite leave me feeling faint like some of her have, but it’s great stuff nonetheless. It’s very ’80s — some of it maybe a little too ’80s for my comfort — but I am in want with these four pieces. Top to bottom: The, (love those pockets, not sure about the funnel neck), and.
Doesn’t look like it’s been printed in English yet, but there’s cause for hope. PREVIOUSLY in New Favorites. To tell you the truth, I whimper a lot when I’m scrolling through my feed. Not in general, mind you, just every time this sublime cashmere sweater appears. Which is multiple times a day, for weeks now. I’ve seriously never seen an image so widely repinned. If I had the money, and if it weren’t sold out, I would not be inclined to knit my own.
It’s so perfect, exactly as is, and I’d want the designer to have the money. Alas, I don’t have the dough and it does appear to be sold out. And clearly I’m not the only one longing for it. So, spurred by exchanges elsewhere with and, I’m here with suggestions for knitting a very close approximation of your own: 1. The image that sprang to mind when I first saw this was Helga Isager’s pattern, from the. It’s different — slightly different shape, different details — but I wouldn’t even tamper. Just go with it!
Amimono Knit Collection Clothes
Maybe make a bigger size than you would have, so it’s just that much wider. Substitute cashmere if you can. Another option is Tokuko Ochiai’s. Lovely as is, but to make it more like the Souchi, you could omit the cables and even the neck shaping and edging. And finish off the arms several inches sooner than the pattern calls for, leaving larger, less tapered arm openings. Again: Do it in grey. Cashmere if you can.
Then there’s Cirilia Rose’s cute and adaptable, which is knitted from side to side. To get something closer to the Souchi’s shape (and ignoring the color-change bits, working in classic grey instead), you could shorten the rows, to get a more cropped length in the end. Leave out the neck shaping, or shape the front just like the back. And instead of working the edging as noted, which becomes the ribbish waistband, work entirely in stockinette.
Once the sides are seamed together, pick up stitches all the way around the hemline and rib for a few inches. If you happen to know of something even closer, please chime in!.