London Yarns
Janet Filipchuk
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London, Ontario N6H 5L6
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BABY THINGS
Monday, April 8, 2024 – Baby Things
LYS Day is April 27
Local Yarn Store Day is fast approaching and we have some exciting things planned for that week. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details as we get closer to the event.
Let’s have some fun with colour! Today’s baby projects give us ‘free reign’ with our options for colour choices. We can be as bold, as subtle, as daring or as safe as we want to be! The point is to have fun and be happy with the colours we are working with and that we will see our little ones enjoying.
This simply charming, versatile baby cardigan is the perfect mix of playful and practical with its colourful yarn pairing of solid and multi’s along with a classic crewneck and raglan sleeve shaping. Wren features contrasting colour trims and an adorable pocket for thoughtful touches that make this a great choice for special little ones in your life! With vibrant Vintage Baby Handpaint for the body and solid Vintage Baby accents, the combinations are nearly endless and easy to customize too!
Wren is knit from the top down with raglan shaping and the sleeves are worked in the round to the cuff after the body is complete.
SIZES: (3, 6, 9) [12, 18, 24] months; shown in size 3 months
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Chest: (18¾, 19¼, 20¾) [21½, 22¼, 23¾]” with button bands overlapped
Length: (11¼, 11¾, 12½) [13, 13½,14½]”
YARNS
BERROCO VINTAGE BABY HANDPAINT (133m/50g/$11.98): (2, 2, 2) [3, 3, 3] skeins; shown in #10197 Creamsicle (MC)
BERROCO VINTAGE BABY (133m/50g/$6.98): 1 ball; shown in #10076 Peony (CC)
This pattern is available for free.
GAUGE: 22 sts and 28 rows = 4" / 10 cm in St st
Cheryl has Wren on her needles! Here’s an ‘in progress’ pic...
(shown in Baby Vintage Handpaint col. 10195 and Baby Vintage col. 10076)
Watch for the ‘finished’ Wren pictures in a later email, or come into the store to see it ‘in the flesh’...later this week.
About the yarns…
Vintage Baby Handpaint from Berroco is a special new arrival. Made from the same extra soft base as Berroco Vintage Baby, it is hand painted in 5 fun speckled colourways and 5 tonal verigated shades. The machine washability makes this yarn an excellent choice for any baby, child or adult in your life!
Available in 9 shades…
VINTAGE BABY HANDPAINT – $11.98 per skein
Yardage: 133 mtrs / 145 yds / 50 gr
Tension: 22 sts = 4" (10 cm)
Suggested Knitting Needle: 4.00 mm, US 6
Fibre Content: 52% Acrylic, 40% Wool, 8% Nylon
Care: Machine Wash Cold Gentle, Tumble Dry Low
Made in Peru
VINTAGE BABY is Berroco’s softest Vintage yet! Made of the same blend as their regular Vintage (52% Acrylic, 40% Wool, 8% Nylon) yet spun with 3-plies that make this yarn even softer! Best of all, it comes in a convenient 50 gram BALL, not a skein, so no winding needed!! This extra-soft DK weight yarn is machine washable and dryable - perfect for baby and adult clothes alike!
29 colours in stock…
VINTAGE BABY – $6.98 per ball
Yardage: 133 mtrs / 145 yds / 50 grams
Tension: 22 sts = 4" (10 cm)
Suggested Knitting Needle: 4.00 mm, US 6
Fibre Content: 52% Acrylic, 40% Wool, 8% Nylon
Care: Machine Wash Gentle, Tumble Dry Low
Made in Peru
Colourful stripes in interrupted garter stitch give this baby blanket cheer and warmth. While the pattern looks complicated, every row is the same simple knit-purl sequence. The fun is in the selection of colours for the stripes. I chose five colours, but you’re welcome to use more or fewer. – Andra
This stitch pattern creates a completely reversible blanket, and the colour play is fantastic! Choose as few as two colours, or use a multi-colour on its own. You can choose as many or as few colours as you like. Select highly contrasting colours, or subtle colour changes…either way your blankie will look amazing.
FINISHED SIZE: 28” wide x 24” long, as written
YARDAGE: 137m/150yd in each of five colours in DK weight yarn (#3)
YARN SUGGESTIONS
- Vintage Baby (washable wool blend; 133m/50g; $6.98) – 1 ball in each of 5 colours
- Comfort DK (synthetic; 165m/50g; $6.98) – 1 ball in each of 5 colours
- Softee Cotton (washable cotton blend; 232m/120g; $7.98) – 1 ball in each of 5 colours
- Snuggly DK (synthetic; 165m/50g; $7.98) – 1 ball in each of 5 colours
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download.
Gauge: 22 sts & 40 rows = 4” in broken garter stitch
This pattern is highly adaptable to any weight of yarn as long as we adjust our needle size according to the yarn we choose. AND…the finished size can be easy adjusted by adding or subtracting stitches (in multiples of 8) and knitting fewer or more rows as desired.
Here are just a few examples of colour choices from Ravelry…
  
What a joy it is to discover those moments in knitting when something seemingly intricate turns out to be very easy!
Those are the moments that knitting legend Barbara Walker strove to find as she first learned how to knit. Finding bobbins and multiple strands of yarn cumbersome when knitting colourwork, she developed a slip-stitch technique she called “Mosaic Knitting,” a clever way to create elaborate, colourful patterns using only basic stitches (knit, slip and occasionally purl). Soon, she was staying up late into the night inventing hundreds of original mosaic motifs, guided solely by her imagination.
Our Mosaic Blanket has become one of our most popular patterns, which may surprise you, given how complicated it looks to make. But the real surprise is that even an advanced beginner can cast on for this knitting adventure!
SIZES: Baby (Crib, Throw)
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: approx. 26 x 35 (33½ x 40, 41 x 46½) inches
YARDAGE of Worsted weight yarn (#4)
Col. A: 656 (984, 1148) yards
Col. B: 654 (872, 1090) yards
YARN SUGGESTIONS
Gauges
19 sts and 38 rows = 4 inches in Mosaic Stitch, using Colors A and B
15 sts and 32 rows = 4 inches in garter stitch, using Color A
Needle: US 8 (5.0 mm), 24 or 32-inch (60-80cm) circular needle
This pattern is available for free.
Look at how beautifully this blanket turned out, knit in subtle tones of Berroco Vintage!
Thanks H ;)
And, have a look at these variations from Ravelry…
Have fun with your projects and colour choices!!
Patti-Ann
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