Tell me this doesn’t sound amazing: eating dinner by candlelight, feasting on a gilded cake and sipping on Blackberry Whiskey Smashes. It’s an amazing way to ring in a a new decade for photographer and birthday girl Anna Wu Photography. With friends and industry experts Amanda O’Shannessy Creative + Natalie Bowen lending a hand, she threw a party set against a California winter, where al fresco is still a thing. I really didn’t think I liked purple that much, but after seeing this setup I love it! The colors add romance without the need for red and roses. Check out all the images from the party over at Style me Pretty.
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Add Chevron Stripes to a Sweet Vintage Sweater
You probably know by now that I am really trying to use my yarn stash, and that I have a lot of odd balls that don’t necessarily easily make a garment on their own. I’ve been thinking about just going through my stash from one end to the other and making myself use whatever I find, but I also love big projects that can use a lot of stash, and different colors of stash, all at once.
That’s a great thing about the Vintage & Variety sweater from Caitlyn Turowksi. This worsted/aran weight pullover is worked in a colorwork chevron stripe pattern, with raglan sleeves and a V-neck worked from the top down.
You can make it with as many or as few different colors as you want. Make it a sort of retro rainbow as shown, or use all your stash of a single color to make an ombre effect.The pattern page shows the design worked in three colors or 12 colors, and you could do something in between by repeating some of the colors more or less often if you want. There’s also an option for working it in a single color, which would make the chevron really subtle but would still be fun to knit.
This is one where you’ll want to look through all the different projects on the pattern page on Ravelry if you can to see if the colors other people used spark any ideas for what you can pull out of your stash to work with.
The pattern come sin nine sizes, with a finished bust measurement ranging from 32 to 64 inches, or 80 to 160 cm. You can decide how much ease you want; the three-color version in the project notes has no ease, while this colorful version is a little more relaxed.
As you might have guessed, you can find the pattern on Ravelry.
[Photo: Caitlyn Turowski]