what a beautiful and relaxing day we had yesterday
we walked around the streets in the Chicago Wicker Park neighborhood
enjoyed a delicious coffee and lunch at Milk and Honey
haha, that's me enjoying a delicious latte, American size
the streets look lovely and so peaceful, and we spotted a very inspiring shop window
at the end of the day I made my way to Nina Chicago, one of my favorite yarn shops
it was great to meet Stephen West and get to know his work
very inspiring to hear how designing works for him: not so much drawing sketches, just start to knit
I took his West Knits Book One with me and planned to make at least one of his scarfs, probably this one
other than that, I was intrigued by a knitting technique I was not familiar with yet, the linen stitch
have you worked with it before? the end result looks woven, very pretty to my eyes
this google search gives an idea of what it looks like
the yarn on the left in the picture is what I planned for it
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and the yarn on the right... it was on sale and I have such a crush on that aqua color
this happens to be a soft merino and cashmere blend
I have a lace triangle shawl in mind, with a light pink border
what do you think? any knit or crochet pattern suggestions?
Oh that yarn looks so good, a shawl in those colors sounds sweet.
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Wat een hippe garenwinkel!
ReplyDeleteMooi kleuren hoor! Met hele dikke naalden breien tot een grove structuur. Helemaal hip.
ReplyDeleteBen zelf bezig met een simpel patroontje van 2 recht 2 averecht. Ben je zo mee klaar, haha.Kijk hier maar eens. Er staan erg leuke patronen op. http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/nl/visoppskrift.php?d_nr=134&d_id=8&lang=nl
Groetjes, Agnes.
That that knit shop- and great yarn picks! A lace shawl sounds great- you can never have too many of those ;)
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It is so beautiful in Chicago, makes me want to come visit! What a beautiful blog!
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