My new pullover pattern has just been published!
I am especially happy for this one, because it was (and still is) one of these experiments where you have a dozen of different ideas that you want to implement all of them in one project and the resulting garment that comes to life right in front of you is evolving by it's self, having it's own personality.
There are different all over textured patterns on the body and the sleeves - on the sleeves it's one of the rare times I am using lace, since I do have quite an ambivalent feeling towards lacy patterns. The pullover also uses a different way to work the raglan increases: the back of the sleeve is worked on a different rate than the front, to produce a deeper section of the lacy pattern at the rear side.
I am especially happy for this one, because it was (and still is) one of these experiments where you have a dozen of different ideas that you want to implement all of them in one project and the resulting garment that comes to life right in front of you is evolving by it's self, having it's own personality.
There are different all over textured patterns on the body and the sleeves - on the sleeves it's one of the rare times I am using lace, since I do have quite an ambivalent feeling towards lacy patterns. The pullover also uses a different way to work the raglan increases: the back of the sleeve is worked on a different rate than the front, to produce a deeper section of the lacy pattern at the rear side.
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The whole concept of this pullover is related to my love of sail-boats. Since boats do have a different name for the port (left) and the starboard (right) side of the vessel, I thought it would be fun to make two different sleeve versions. These can be reworked in the same manner as shown, or - for the knitters that do prefer absolute symmetry - one of the two versions can be chosen for both right and left sleeve...
In mediterranean sailing terminology a boat is said to be sailing Orza when its sails are trimmed in tightly and it is sailing as close to the wind as possible. This point of sail lets the boat travel diagonally to the wind direction, or 'upwind' - the most photogenic way to travel on a sailing boat, since one side is very close to the water and you get the dramatically loop sided position of the vessel, that looks (and feels) like you are the most incredibly accomplished skipper when doing it!
Hopefully the Orza pattern is going to produce a similar feeling of being the most accomplished knitter when finishing it...
Hopefully the Orza pattern is going to produce a similar feeling of being the most accomplished knitter when finishing it...
You can either download the pattern for this little summer top on my website here or find it directly on the ravelry pattern page, together with many other beautiful versions, knitted up by talented ravelers.
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