Dalia

Dimensions: 18"(circumference) x 8" (tall)

Amount of yarn required: 1 skein of Rowan Felted Tweed (50g/191 yds)

Available as a Ravelry purchase or in my Etsy boutique!

Please welcome my new design to this world, Dalia. Dalia is perfect for a gift or a guilty pleasure. Luxurious tweed, sophisticated lace pattern, you might not want to give this one! Knitted with only one skein of Rowan Felted Tweed, worked in the round, Dalia is a quick knit and a perfect stash busting project!

To continue in the same way as Cybelle, Dalia is an old French Canadian name. Dalia sounds like a sweet and pretty flower, but yet the "D" adds a little bit of edge (sorry, the inner linguist in trying to come out in my knitting blog). Goes totally with the Gothic Lace pattern.

I love the way the tweed yarn a the lace pattern work together in this cowl. And Rowan Felted Tweed is such a common yet incredible yarn, why resist? I know I didn't ...

On my next blogpost, another project... not my design, but an addictive and beautiful design by SpillyJane! Stay tuned!

Cybelle

Size available : 33” (35.5”, 38”, 43”, 48”, 50.5”)

Shown in size 38" with no ease. It is intended to be worn with no ease.

Amount of yarn required: 300g (400g, 400g, 500g, 500g, 600g) of any DK weight yarn.

Available as a Ravelry purchase and in my Etsy boutique!

I am happy to show you my latest new design, Cybelle. Cybelle is a super comfortable, fitted and fluffy cardigan. Worked from the top-down with raglan shaped elbow-length sleeves, this cardigan is perfect for beginners or knitter seeking for an easy knit! To add a little challenge and convenience, pockets are worked on both fronts. Perfect to carry pocket change or a cellphone.

Here is a little story about the name of the cardigan. You see, "Cybelle" is my middle name. Yes! My name is Ariane Cybelle. I used to hate that name, but as wisdom and maturity grew with time, I started to like it. I think it has a vintage feel to it, like my first name and many other old French Canadian names. This is why I choose buttons with a vintage feel. And I think they work well with the 100% Handspun alpaca yarn too!

Speaking of the yarn... You might see that in the pictures, some straw pieces and dirt pop out of the yarn. Well, it's because the Alpaca was really, really dirty. The yarn is so soft and fluffy, but knitting with it was a pain... Which leads me to talk about yarn substitution. You could use any 100% Alpaca yarn, such as Alpakka by Sandnes Garn, Baby Alpaca DK by Plymouth Yarn, Baby Twist by Alpaca with a Twist or Drops Classic Alpaca by Garn Studio. If the fluffy alpaca effect is not so important for you, you could go with an Alpaca blend, or another DK weight!

And so far, I LOVE my cardigan. When I designed it, I was picturing myself in a classroom, frozen. I wanted something easy to wear, practical, and without too much frills and ruffles. A basic! I decided to do elbow-lenght sleeves so they wouldn’t be in the way while taking notes. And the pockets, perfect to carry some pocket change, at the break, to go buy a coffee!

And stay tuned, because really soon (like, really soon), the Dalia pattern will be release!

Cybelle and Dalia, sneak peak

As promised, in this post I'm giving you a sneak peak on my 2 new designs... they're not ready yet for publishing, but soon my friends, soon...

Here, a sneak peak on Dalia...

... and a tiny sneak peak from Cybelle...

I told you guys! Stay tuned!!!

What's hot on Ravelry? Issue # 3

It's hot hot hot and it has just been listed on Ravelry! Every week I show you the finest recently added patterns on Ravelry! Click on the image and queue it! Please note that all the images are not mine. They belong to the designer. You may need a Ravelry account (free!) to view the pattern profile.

I know, I know. For the past 3 weeks, my posts are not about my knitting. I rely on my What's hot on Ravelry column to fill my blog. But! This week WSHOR is filled with gorgeous new patterns! Some of them have even made their way to my queue... And let me apologize for the crappy presentation: I have been working a lot lately, and, the cherry on the sundae, I have a damn big cold! In the middle of July! Why? This is why I don't have the will power to work on the presentation this week... but I really hope you will still find something pretty this week!

Last words before the third issue of WSHOR: Stay tuned, because really soon I will not reveal one, but two new designs! Ok, enough, enjoy!

What's hot on Ravelry? Issue # 2

It's hot hot hot and it has just been listed on Ravelry! Every week I show you the finest recently added patterns on Ravelry! Click on the image and queue it! Please note that all the images are not mine. They belong to the designer. You may need a Ravelry account (free!) to view the pattern profile.

Hi everyone! It's been more than a week since my last post, and I'm sorry. I try to post at least once a week, but lately I had other priorities than blogging and knitting! Friends needed me, and I'm always there for them! But! I'm back this week with another What's hot on Ravelry? issue! I received so many enthusiastic comments, and I want to thank you! I have so much fun looking throught Ravelry that it's a pleasure for me to do this column! So, like last week, you just have to click on the pictures and it'll instantaneously direct you to the pattern page! How cool is that! Go on and enjoy this week's top recently listed patterns!

What's hot on Ravelry? Issue #1 !

It's hot hot hot and it has been listed this week on Ravelry! Every week I show you the finest recently added patterns on Ravelry! Click on the image and queue it! Please note that all the images are a not mine. They are the property of the designer.

Hi guys! For almost two years now, I've been spending at least 1 hour daily on Ravelry. I'm always checking for gorgeous new patterns and new designers. And after all that time, I think that I can really see which pattern is gorgeous and which on is... meh, let's say "average". I decided that, because I love you so much dear reader, that I will give you a weekly résumé of what's hot on Ravelry! They're hot in two ways: fantastic and still hot from the oven! I really hope you'll like it! And I'm proud of myself. I not a super computer smart person, but I manage to do this: just click on the image and it'll direct instantaneously to the Ravelry pattern page! Click and queue! So, enjoy and stay tuned for the next issue!