Estelle de Paris

This has to be the BEST all in one knitting accessory ever made!

It is called the Knit Kit. You can have a complete description on their website: Link

You know you are a knitter when you bring your project with you wherever you go, unfortunately it is always frustrating to postpone your knitting time because you miss one of the necessary little accessories such as a row counter or a measuring tape.

Those sad days will be over soon and I can barely wait until March to get one!!!

I have been knitting for almost 2 years and I always felt that the sweaters I made had too much of a “I made it myself” look, lacking the right attention on the assembling and finishing side. It took me a few mistakes and trials before I was able to knit a piece that gave me entire satisfaction.

I knew that I would be able to make beautiful garments at some point but was not sure when it would happen, I know I made the transition from ugly scarves to beautiful gifts pretty soon after I picked up the needles but making a beautiful sweater combined so much techniques, it was really intimidating. From specific loose cast-on, ribbing, shaping, short rows, picking up and knitting the collar, drafting and blocking, so much to learn!

So far I always bought acrylic, cheap supermarket yarn because I always considered that my knitting was an offense to beautiful yarn haha I think it is time for an order at knitpicks.com for my next project!!! I can’t even imagine how much more beautiful this sweater would have been if knitted with a merino wool or an alpaca.

The beautiful sweater I just finished is a very original and feminine design from Vladimir Teriokhin published in the 2007/2008 winter edition of the very inspiring magazine Knit.1.

I knitted it with a new Red Heart yarn that is really soft and the color was just exactly what I was looking for this fall. I call it split pea soup sweater haha