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Let's talk about the pattern for the Purly Pullover! Visit the episode thread in the Kathleen Dames Design Ravelry group: http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/kathleen-dames-design/3423524/

Visit http://www.kathleendames.com/thesweater to sign up for the newsletter and get your free Purly Pullover pattern*. Your link to download the PDF will be in your Welcome email. Be sure to create your project page on Ravelry http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/purly-pullover

Happy Fuzzy Yarns http://happyfuzzyyarn.com/ - Kathleen will be knitting her DK weight Purly Pullover in Happy Fuzzy Yarns Merino DK in the Peony colorway

Madeline Tosh http://www.madelinetosh.com - the original Purly Pullover was knit in sport weight tosh pashmina in the Bloomsbury colorway

Black Sheep tape measure https://halcyonyarn.com/multi_craft/70590310/black-sheep-tape-measure

Share your project on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter with hashtags #kdsweater and #purlypullover

Thanks for being here, and happy knitting!
xoxo, Kathleen
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*Free pattern available until 22 July 2016. You can purchase Purly Pullover from my Ravelry shop any time: http://www.ravelry.com/stores/kathleen-dames-design

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Kathleen is wearing Purly Pullover, our pattern for Season Two. Pattern available at http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/purly-pullover

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Pattern: Patchwork Princess

Patchwork Princess $8 on Ravelry (no account required)

High in the tower the trapped princess patches her gown. Out in the real world, patch your fitted hoodie with a beautiful assortment of cables filled with different stitches. Worked in one piece from the bottom up, waist shaping enhances your figure, and a hybrid yoke construction draws the cables up onto your shoulders. Don’t forget the hood! Short rows allow the large cable to travel all the way up to make it extra special.

Choose your favorite DK weight yarn. Spirit Trail's Brigantia, with it's blend of Polwarth and Silk makes me feel like a princess.

What you'll love about knitting Patchwork Princess:

• Worked in one piece from the bottom up with integrated button bands - just sew on buttons, weave underarms together, and seam up the sleeves, and you're ready to go
• Unusual patchwork cables keep your interest on fronts, back, and sleeves
• Short-row shaping create a cozy hood with cables traveling all the way up and over your head 

What you'll love about wearing Patchwork Princess:

• Gentle waist shaping flatters your figure 
• Patchwork cables filled with texture stitches catch the eye 
• That hood! Beautiful up or down 

Size/Finished Measurements
Chest: 28 (32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52) inches Shown in 40-inch with 2-inches of ease

Materials
Spirit Trail Brigantia [85% Polwarth Wool, 15% Bombyx Silk 600 yards/549 meters per 210 gram/7.41 oz. skein]; color: Werewolves in London; 2 (2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3) skeins {approx. 850 (950, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1450, 1600) yds}
One US4/3.5mm 40-inch circular needle
Cable needle (optional)
Stitch markers and coil-less safety pins or other removable stitch markers
Waste yarn or stitch holders
Tapestry needle 5 (5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6) buttons

Gauge
22 sts x 28 rows = 4 inches in Stockinette Stitch

Thanks! 
Technical Editing: Corrina Ferguson
Photography: Nicholas Dames

Everything you need to create your own beautiful Patchwork Princess is provided in the professionally designed (by me!) pattern. Charted versions of both Patchwork cables are included.



Thanks for stopping by, and happy knitting!
xoxo,

Spring Hiatus 5 | The Sweater with Kathleen Dames

We are on Spring Hiatus for the month of April. Season Two of The Sweater with Kathleen Dames will begin in May, and we will knit the Purly Pullover together.

 

Today we are taking a peek at my popular A Vest for Charles and Sotherton patterns.

 

I misspoke! The vest in question was worn by King Charles I to his beheading. See more here: http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/the-vest-that-king-charles-i-allegedly-wore-on-the-day-of-news-photo/96819393 and here: http://needleprint.blogspot.com/2011/06/king-charles-i-his-knitted-vest.html  The patterns used in my modern interpretation include King Charles Brocade, seen in the yoke of the original, and and XOXO pattern featured between some welting at the bottom of the placket.

 

Sotherton was inspired by the Sotherton estate in Mansfield Park. If you are looking for a figure-flattering DK weight sweater, she’s it!

 

Knits seen in this episode

-On Lady Jane: A Vest for Charles http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/a-vest-for-charles

-On Kathleen: Sotherton http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sotherton

 

Next week we will review the Purly Pullover pattern and talk measurements.

 

Thanks for being here, and happy knitting!

xoxo, Kathleen

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Pattern: Purly Pullover

Purly Pullover on Ravelry $8 (no account necessary)

Looking for something easy to knit and easy to wear? But it should be special, right? Knit this pullover with a few little tricks to make it special, then flip it inside-out to wear. Amaze your friends with all the purling you suffered through—they don’t need to know!

Purly Pullover is the sweater for Season Two of The Sweater with Kathleen Dames. Worked in the round from the bottom up, this sweater is a seamless raglan with some unusual elements. Almost exclusively knit stitch, you turn it inside out to wear it "purly". Written in my usual seven sizes, you can follow the Sport or DK version of the pattern.

Over the course of our 12-week season, we will knit this pattern together. I've already knit a sport version in tosh pashmina, so I'll be knitting a new one in Happy Fuzzy Yarns DK Merino - yum! You can subscribe to the podcast on YouTube or iTunes.

Click here to find out more about The Sweater with Kathleen Dames and subscribe to the newsletter.

By subscribing to The Sweater newsletter during Season Two (from 22 April until 22 July 2016), you will receive a link in the Welcome email to download your free copy.

Already a subscriber? You received the link in your Episode Zero newsletter.

Has Season Two ended? Purchase your copy of the pattern here.

What you'll love about knitting Purly Pullover:

• Knit along with me! I'll take you through all the steps that go into knitting and finishing your beautiful sweater
• It's almost ALL knitting! The few purl stitches in this sweater are decorative. Sometimes we just need a good, healthy knit-fest.
• No waist shaping and basic sleeve increases make this the ultimate mindless knit -- choose your fantastic yarn accordingly!

What you'll love about wearing Purly Pullover:

• Comfy, not sloppy, fit. I call this my "fancy sweatshirt".
• Knitting friends will think you purled the whole thing. It will be our secret :)
• Wearing the knit side of the fabric against your skin may spoil you for other knits.

Size/Finished Measurements
Finished bust circumference 28 (32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52) inches; Sport version shown in size 40 with 2 inches positive ease

Materials

• Sport: Madelinetosh Pashmina (75% Merino, 15% Silk, 10% Cashmere 360 yds/329 m per 100 g skein); color: Bloomsbury; 2 (3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4) skeins or approx. 700 (825, 950, 1080, 1250, 1350, 1450) yds sportweight yarn
• DK: Happy Fuzzy Yarns DK Merino (100% Merino Wool 240 yds/219 m per 100 g skein); color: Peony; 3 (3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5) skeins or approx. 550 (675, 750, 850, 950, 1075, 1200) yds DK-weight yarn
• Sport: US3 40-inch circular needle
• DK: US5 40-inch circular needle
• Markers
• Waste yarn or stitch holders for underarms
• Tapestry needle

Gauge
20 stitches x 30 rows = 4 inches square in Stockinette St.

Skills Needed

• casting on
• binding off
• knitting
• purling
• increasing
• decreasing
• working in the round

Thanks!
Technical Editing: Corrina Ferguson
Photography: Nicholas Dames

Everything you need to create your own beautiful Purly Pullover is provided in the professionally designed (by me!) pattern.



Thanks for stopping by, and happy knitting!
xoxo,

Part two!

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Spring Hiatus 4 | The Sweater with Kathleen Dames

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We are on Spring Hiatus for the month of April. Season Two of The Sweater with Kathleen Dames will begin in May, and we will knit the Purly Pullover together.

Today on Season Two’s Episode Zero, I share the Purly Pullover with you. If you are a subscriber to The Sweater newsletter, thank you! You should receive your link to download the pattern shortly. If you are not a subscriber, visit http://www.kathleendames.com/thesweater to sign up and receive your download link in the WELCOME email. If you would like a copy of the pattern in your Ravelry library now, purchase your copy here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/solstice-cardi

Knits seen in this episode
-On Lady Jane: Purly Pullover http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/purly-pullover
-On Kathleen: Solstice Cardi http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/solstice-cardi

Is there a pattern of mine you would like me to talk about? We have one more Spring Hiatus episode before Season Two begins, so let me know in the comments.

Thanks for being here, and happy knitting!
xoxo, Kathleen
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Purchase the Season One pattern, Solstice Cardi, from my Ravelry shop: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/solstice-cardi
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