s01 ep07 : the sleeve (again) | the sweater with kathleen dames

Now with button talk!

Show notes

Questions about Episode Seven? Visit the Ravelry thread to see if your question has already been answered: http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/kathleen-dames-design/3373498/

Just one sleeve to go, then we will bring everything together in the yoke - my favorite part! Be sure to match this second sleeve to the one you made way back in Episode Three https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mW-AV-32ww

And to keep you distracted from your (brief) visit to Sleeve Island, let's talk a little bit about our button options. I'll show you how I sew on a two-hole button plus give you some food for thought with shanked, cufflink-style buttons.

Don't forget to share your project on social media with hashtags #kdsweater and #solsticecardi. See below for links to where you can find me. And be sure to create your project page on Ravelry by visiting the pattern page http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/solstice-cardi , then clicking "cast on" in the upper right corner of the page.

Happy knitting!
xoxo, Kathleen
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Kathleen’s yarn is Camelot in the Orkney colorway from Round Table Yarns http://www.roundtableyarns.com

Buttons from Remembrances Pottery on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/shop/Remembrance...

Tech editing by Corrina Ferguson/Picnic Knits http://picnicknits.com/

Tara Swiger helps small, creative business owners (like me!) https://taraswiger.com/

Visit http://www.kathleendames.com/thesweater to sign up for the newsletter and get your free Solstice Cardi pattern*

*Free pattern available until 25 March 2016. After that date Solstice Cardi will be available for purchase from my Ravelry shop: http://www.ravelry.com/stores/kathlee...
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Kathleen is wearing Bloc Pulli. Pattern available here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bloc-pulli

Lady Jane is wearing the original sample for Solstice Cardi in Julie Asselin's Stella yarn in the Diamant colorway http://www.julie-asselin.com/en/yarns/

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Recording ep8 of The Sweater. Let's yoke it up! #kdsweater #solsticecardi #kathleentalks

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Tuesday chat: knitting, designing, and the weather report #kathleentalks

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Color blocking with Kathleen Dames (and Victoria Beckham)

Yesterday's Victoria Beckham show for NYFW included a little something that looks awfully familiar...

Victoria Beckham: Fall 2016, Look 9

Color-blocked cuffs, matching collar, navy body, orange contrast. Does that look like anything you might already know?

Kathleen Dames: June 2013, Bloc Pulli

Oh, hello, Bloc Pulli. You're looking as sharp as when I designed and knit you during Hurricane Sandy. You've got fun-to-knit long cuffs shaped with short rows, a sideways-knit collar that's stretchy and adds a pop of color up top, and in the entire garment you only have to purl three half-rows, so you're just one big, fabulous knit-knit-knit. (Personally, I wouldn't want to knit a sweater entirely in ribbing these days, but that may just be me.)

Guess color blocking is still a fashionable thing. Do you think my Bloc Party cardigan will show up in a collection next Spring?

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Last summer I experienced another facet of the Intellectual Property dodecahedron when someone was selling a copy of my pattern for An Aran for Frederick on Etsy. That was a pretty clear case, and Etsy responded almost immediately by taking the pattern down.

In this instance Ms. Beckham's Look 9 would be deemed nothing more than a coincidence, since, unlike Mati Ventrillon's experience with the house of Chanel, VB's design team have not visited my atelier (i.e. my desk in the corner of the dining room/book and yarn stash storage next to the washer-dryer/filming studio in our bedroom) ... ever.

So, what should I do? Not much, actually, except enjoy the fact that a design similar to mine stomped the catwalk at NYFW yesterday. I do think my design is more fun to knit, though ;)

Thanks for stopping by, and happy knitting!
xoxo,

P.S. Guess my next pattern in the upgrade queue should be Bloc Pulli, eh?

A real live FO for #FOFriday: my sample of the wedding cardi #knitscope

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s01 ep06 : the body (again) | the sweater with kathleen dames {iTunes}

Show Notes
Questions about Episode Six? Visit the Ravelry thread to see if your question has already been answered: http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/kathleen-dames-design/3373497/

Going on a #buttonhunt? Some of my favorite resources include:

• Some of my favorite buttons on Etsy
• Etsy button search
• M&J Trimming
• Mood Fabrics
• Your LYS (or favorite online yarn store)

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

Happy knitting!
xoxo, Kathleen

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Kathleen’s yarn is Camelot in the Orkney colorway from Round Table Yarns
Buttons from Remembrances Pottery on Etsy
Tech editing by Corrina Ferguson/Picnic Knits
Tara Swiger helps small, creative business owners (like me!)

Visit kathleendames.com/thesweater to sign up for the newsletter and get your free Solstice Cardi pattern*

*Free pattern available until 25 March 2016. After that date Solstice Cardi will be available for purchase from my Ravelry shop
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periscope
instagram
twitter
ravelry
facebook
music: Cafe Parisien with accordion iStock.com/frobisher

Kathleen is wearing Benwick. Pattern available at http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/benwick

Lady Jane is wearing the original sample for Solstice Cardi in Julie Asselin's Stella yarn in the Diamant colorway

s01 ep6 : the body (again) | the sweater with kathleen dames

Questions about Episode Six? Visit the Ravelry thread to see if your question has already been answered: http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/kathleen-dames-design/3373497/

Going on a #buttonhunt? Some of my favorite resources include:

-Some of my favorite buttons on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/people/kathleendames/favorites/buttons

-Etsy button search https://www.etsy.com/c/craft-supplies-and-tools/sewing-and-needlecraft-supplies/buttons-and-fasteners/buttons

-M&J Trimming http://www.mjtrim.com/

-Mood Fabrics http://www.moodfabrics.com/buttons.html

-Your LYS (or favorite online yarn store) https://www.jimmybeanswool.com/secure-html/onlineec/advancedProductSearch.asp?pcID=24

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

Happy knitting!

xoxo, Kathleen
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Kathleen’s yarn is Camelot in the Orkney colorway from Round Table Yarns http://www.roundtableyarns.com

Buttons from Remembrances Pottery on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/shop/RemembrancesPottery

Tech editing by Corrina Ferguson/Picnic Knits http://picnicknits.com/

Tara Swiger helps small, creative business owners (like me!) https://taraswiger.com/

Visit http://www.kathleendames.com/thesweater to sign up for the newsletter and get your free Solstice Cardi pattern*

*Free pattern available until 25 March 2016. After that date Solstice Cardi will be available for purchase from my Ravelry shop: http://www.ravelry.com/stores/kathleen-dames-design
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periscope: https://www.periscope.tv/kathleendames
instagram: https://instagram.com/kathleendames/
twitter: https://twitter.com/kathleendames
ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/designers/kathleen-dames
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KathleenDamesDesign
music: Cafe Parisien with accordion iStock.com/frobisher

Kathleen is wearing Benwick. Pattern available at http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/benwick

Lady Jane is wearing the original sample for Solstice Cardi in Julie Asselin's Stella yarn in the Diamant colorway http://www.julie-asselin.com/en/yarns/

Check out this episode!