Petra Jacket

PetiteKnit has a new pattern. This looks like a Lynn cardigan to me.

The Petra Jacket is worked from the top down. First, the back yoke is worked back and forth on the needle with increases. Then the shoulders are worked from stitches that are picked up and knitted along the back yoke. Stitches are then picked up and knitted along the shoulders, so all of the stitches are sitting on the circular needle and can be worked back and forth – first with increases for the sleeves and then with raglan increases. The body is worked back and forth on a circular needle. The sleeves are worked in the round on double-pointed needles or on a circular needle using the Magic Loop technique. At the end, double-knitted front plackets are worked along the front edges, and then a collar is worked in rib.

You can purchase the pattern for the Petra Jacket on Ravelry.

This jacket screams to be knit with Cascade 220 Heathers. I recommend swatching because I think you will need to use a 4.5mm or 5mm needle for the main body.

We will have more colours of Cascade 220 Heathers coming later this fall - 10 to be exact.

We watched the coolest thing this evening. I saw online that the International Space Station was flying directly over Southern Ontario and it would be visible. It travels at 28,000km/h. We saw it coming around 8:32 and it was gone by 8:39. It looked like a bright star traveling across the sky.

Now a few rows of knitting before bed. The bottom ribbing is almost finished on my Tally Tee. I’ll start the sleeves over the weekend.

Florence Sweater

Here is Joji Locatelli’s latest sweater.

You can purchase the pattern on Ravelry.

Even though this sweater has strong Elton vibes, I just had to name it Florence!  

I don’t know why, but while knitting this sweater, the terracotta color of the yarn took me on an imaginary trip to this old city, and I pictured myself perched on a rooftop among weathered domes and sun-warmed tiles, watching the city glow in the late afternoon light. 

Florence is a lightweight, seamless circular yoke pullover with a relaxed, easy-to-wear fit. 
Worked from the top down, it combines fingering weight wool with a delicate strand of mohair to create subtle horizontal stripes. Purl ridges add another layer of texture. 

The pullover is designed with a slightly deeper-than-usual yoke for a relaxed silhouette. Instructions are included for adjusting the yoke depth if you prefer a closer fit beneath the arms.

The sweater is knit with a fingering weight yarn and laceweight mohair.

Lynn was in today and brought her Antipodes sweater. It looks amazing. Customers were oohing and aahing over it. 

Lynn finished the neck early.

• This way she can try on the sweater and make sure that the body length is correct. Sometimes finishing the neck will pull everything together and shorten the length just a touch
• This also helps when doing the sleeve length. 

Mr. UPS came with a box of Kathmandu Fingering so all our colours are back in stock.

Today is the perfect knitting day. The NFL season starts tonight and I’ll be sitting with my feet up and yarn in my hands.

Home again

I was able to knit quite a bit while I was away.

I have another inch to knit on the body and then I can do the ribbing.

I saw movement in the water this morning. The barge was pulling up. Our landscaper brought over some equipment last week and they came to pick it up. 

When your cottage is on an island the barge does lots of work for you.

Our drive home was uneventful with not much traffic.

It’s back to work tomorrow. We have boxes coming from UPS and Lynn is coming in to help me put yarn away. Now a bit of paperwork before knitting.

Step by Step Cardigan

Diana dropped by on Saturday afternoon with a new store sample.

This is the Step by Step Cardigan (pattern purchased on Ravelry).

We knit the 4th size and used 2.5 balls of Noro Ito - colour 85. Diana used the needles that the pattern called for.

I finally made it to the cottage. Beth met me at the marina and we had a nice boat ride to the cottage.

The dogs stayed with dad. As soon as they saw the boat coming they ran to the dock to meet us.

They left to go fishing and I sat on the front deck knitting.

It was a relaxing afternoon.

Rowan Magazine 80

Rowan Magazine 80 will be on the website later this week for preorder. The official launch date is September 16th.

Lynn and Alex were both in with me yesterday. I caught them sitting down on the job. Alex was sewing in ends for me and we let Lynn have 5 minutes to eat lunch.

We’re getting ready for fall. Garments have been moved around. Kits have been made so shopping is easier.

From Blue Sky’s Instagram page. 

I’m early today to make sure that I get a post finished. After work I have running around to do and then in the morning I’m heading to the cottage. Dad and Beth are enjoying the beautiful weather. Fishing isn’t great but they are happy floating on the lake.

Westknits MKAL Color Kaleidoscope

It’s time for the next Westknit’s MKAL

You can purchase the pattern on Ravelry.

Join us for the 17th annual Westknits Mystery Shawl Knit Along called Color Kaleidoscope. We’re going to explore fragmented geometric shapes and reflective color contrasts with the kaleidoscope inspiration.

LAUNCH
Sign ups begin Thursday, September 3 at 17:00 CEST. Once you sign up by purchasing the pattern on this page, you will receive an introductory PDF filled with all of the knit along details and color guidance to choose your MKAL palette.

SCHEDULE
Clue 1 - October 1 
Clue 2 - October 8 
Clue 3 - October 15 
Clue 4 - October 22

The kits include 8 skeins of Emma’s Practically Perfect Sock Halves.

Kits are available online and in the store.

Dad ran errands for Beth today and didn’t get home from work until 4. When I walked in the house he was in bed with his friends. He was so tired he didn’t even get under the covers.

Now a bit of relaxing and early to bed. Dad, Beth and the dogs are heading to the cottage in the morning. I’m going to try and head up on Sunday morning.

Welcome September

The newest Crazy Beautiful Club colour from Emma’s arrived yesterday. I will get this online tomorrow.

September 2026 is a gorgeous, soft fall neutral with speckles of late-summer berries

Lynn came in to help me today and got a lot of boxes unpacked. While she was doing that I placed orders

• Biches & Buches restock
• An order with Blue Sky Fibers
• Woolstock restock
• A new yarn has been ordered that will debut on September 15th. It is fingering weight (made in Peru) and I can’t wait to share it with you.
• A restock of Kathmandu fingering and a new colour of Kathmandu DK
• Lykke Flight needles that were out of stock

Today’s post is going to be short. I can barely keep my eyes open. 

Everyone is okay. Our house is okay. At 5:20 yesterday morning the fire alarms went off. Not the little beep to tell you the batteries are dead. Full on fire alarm. It was screaming ‘Fire. Fire’ while lights were flashing. Beth got the dogs out back while I got dad out front. There wasn’t any smoke and we couldn’t smell anything. I called 911 and they were there within 10 minutes. Here is the firehouse from our driveway.

It took some time because they are all volunteer firefighters. They went through the house and one of our smoke detectors was defective.

There were no lights on in our house. That is from the fire alarms. It was scary when they first went off but now we’ve had a practice run in case there ever is something bad. No of us slept much after that.

I worked until 4 and then went for a nap. I was sound asleep when I heard ‘Beep, Beep’. The damn batteries were dead on the smoke detectors outside my bedroom. Seriously!!!🤬. Beth changed the batteries but there was no more nap.

Tonight is our Fantasy Football draft so I’m writing early. Then hopefully not too late to bed.