Nebula

 Andrea Mowry has a new pattern call Nebula and you can purchase it on Ravelry.

Oversized and comfy, this drop hem top is perfect for all the seasons! I’ve loved dressing mine up for date night, and then dressing it down for the weekend to snuggle into like my favorite worn-in sweatshirt. You can choose to stick with the short sleeves, or go for the longer sleeve version to suit your personal style! This pullover is knit from the bottom up, with a beautiful short-row curved hem and thoughtful shoulder details to accent the crew neck. The body is worked in the round until the divide for the yoke. The remainder is worked flat, and the shoulders are finished using the 3 needle bind off. The sleeves are then picked up from the body and knit in the round.

Photos © Andrea Mowry

Nebula is knit using DK weight Suri Alpaca, which is a very unique yarn! Light as a feather, it blooms beautifully, meaning it can be worked at a looser gauge than I would normally pick for DK weight yarn. I found it difficult to substitute a straight wool DK weight yarn, as I needed to go up many needle sizes to match gauge, which drastically changed the fabric. I wanted to be able to offer another yarn idea (as this unique yarn may be harder to find everywhere), and found that by holding a strand of fingering weight yarn with a strand of fuzzy lace weight, the sub was perfect! The resulting sweater is heavier than the first sample, with more stitch definition. I love them both!

The Lime sweater above was knit holding a fingering weight yarn with a fuzzy lace yarn. We have Emma’s Suri Silk which is the same yarn base as Andrea used for her sample. You can also use Rowan Kidsilk Haze, Biches & Buches Le Petit Silk & Mohair, Hedgehog Kidsilk Lace and Hedgehog Alpaca Boucle. 

If you go with Emma’s Suri Silk you can get the matching colour in Practically Perfect Sock which will give a solid (not marled) looking sweater. Or you can go crazy with two different colours for a fabulous marled look like Andrea has.

I put together a few combinations to show you matching colours and marling colours. Sorry for the pictures. I was taking these as I was locking the door. You can use the fingering weight/fuzzy yarn combination for the short sleeve or long sleeve sweater.

Lemongrass and Love + Leche

Bell Bottoms Suri with Mom Jeans PPS and Lady Lavender

Beach Please and Himalayan Salt

Andrea used the DK weight for the grey sweater. We don’t have a yarn that can be substituted for that. 

We received an email from Atenti today and a small order is on the way to us. This is the Mimi fabric that I am obsessed with. The Caddy and Hope Basket are in the box. 

The Price is Right at Night is on. I need to say goodnight and beat my family!!