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Alexandre

After the very helpful and instructive test knit, I’m pleased to announce that Alexandre is now available!

Alexandre is a striped cardigan, for baby boys according to conventions, with a rather classical silhouette. But the use of Reverse stockinette give it a fresh touch and the i-cord border a certain je ne sais quoi that makes it precious.
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October 8, 2015April 15, 2016
making-of

Reverse stockinette stripes study

I’m fond of stripes. Most of my wardrobe consists of striped t-shirts and pullovers and I’ve knitted lots of striped garments so far.
When I was planning to make a gift cardigan for the baby of friends of ours, I naturally wanted it striped, but to give a twist to the design, I decided to use Reverse stockinette st.
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September 9, 2015March 28, 2017
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The most jogless stripes

Yeah, the title is oxymoronic, but that is what I discovered through my work.

I love stripes and don’t like seaming. I naturally looked for techniques to work stripes in the round seamlessly. I came across the TECHknitter’s post on the stuff, but after several trials, I gave up knitting stripes in the round…
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August 10, 2015January 2, 2018
finished!

… a hint of summer

I’m happy to share my latest FO at last in English 😉
It’s “… a hint of summer” by Isabell Kraemer, a lightweight summer pullover for chilly summer mornings and cool evenings that often happen in the Northern half of France (unfortunately, we don’t have the weather of la Provence).
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August 4, 2015April 15, 2016

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