Friday, March 14, 2014

Yoked KAL: Success!

Early this year we announced our Second Annual Knit-Along: Yoked. We invited all of you lovely knitters out there to join us for an 11 week journey of sweater making! Our photo shoot was Tuesday and the results are blowing our minds! You all sure know how to make a beautiful sweater.

Check out the results:
Alsn


Pattern: Knitbot Birdie Fair Isle Cardigan
Yarn Used and Color: Quince and Co. Owl in Acacia, Tawny, Canyon, Barred
What was your favorite thing about this KAL? Learning from other people's frustrations, and seeing the colors build into a complete piece. Also, hanging out with awesome knitters! 


What animal does this new sweater make you feel like? A llamacorn. A magiical llama with a crystal horn!

 Amber



Pattern:
Kaye's Cardigan, but used chart from Tiny Owl Knits' Meow Mitts
Yarn Used and Color: Quince and Co. Owl in Bog & then I hand-dyed 42 colors for my seven cat faces.
What was your favorite thing about this KAL? I really loved dyeing the colors for my cat color work. Megan helped me & now I want to dye yarn all the time! 


What animal does this new sweater make you feel like? Well, an adorable cat of course! 

Bob Bosscher


Pattern: Basic Round- Yoke Unisex Pullover
Yarn Used and Color: Quince and Co. Owl in Hemlock
What was your favorite thing about this KAL? It was my first KAL, so getting to meet all of the fancy friends! 


What animal does this new sweater make you feel like? Like a hibernating black bear!

Caitlin R.


Pattern: Kaye's Cardigan
Yarn Used and Color: Brooklyn Tweed Shelter- Snowbound and Quince and Co. Owl in Cerulean and Canyon
What was your favorite thing about this KAL? How quick the sweater knit up! 


What animal does this new sweater make you feel like? A teddy bear!

Jaime


Pattern: Kaye's Cardigan
Yarn Used and Color: Quince and Co. in Acacia, Cinnamon and Huckleberry
What was your favorite thing about this KAL? Lice Stitch. Also these colors are the colors that regulars at craft night (and many fellow KALers) voted as my "least likely" to knit so I took it as a challenge to step outside my box. I love the result! I love having the community of knitters to challenge me like that. 

Reverse twinsies! 
What animal does this new sweater make you feel like? A cheetah because I knit it in 13 days! (& it has spots)

Jessica Jeanne


Pattern: Kaye's Cardigan
Yarn Used and Color: Quince and Co. in Cinnamon, Acacia and Huckleberry
What was your favorite thing about this KAL?  The week before casting on for this, I had just finished making a Breckon Cardigan, which is fingering weight. It was so gratifying to see this knit up so fast! The KALers are so motivating and fun to knit with- this project was such a breeze =)


What animal does this new sweater make you feel like? Uh, a fox duh! Cause mostly that cinnamon giving me such a pretty coat.

Kiyomi


Pattern: Willard Fair Isle Pullover
Yarn Used and Color: Madeline Tosh Pashmina in Antler & Edison Bulb
What was your favorite thing about this KAL? I restarted this sweater about 5 times & at one point I pulled out six inches. Needless to say this sweater & I were not friends. My favorite part was watching everyone else's sweaters form, which kicked me into gear so I was able to finish on time! 


What animal does this new sweater make you feel like? Obviously a Narwhal, duh.

Megan


Pattern: Basic Round- Yoke Unisex Pullover
Yarn Used and Color: Sleep Season- Night Light
What was your favorite thing about this KAL? Knitting it out of my own yarn! Thanks to the encouragement of Alsn! 


What animal does this new sweater make you feel like? A snow fox.

Miranda's "Almost- Sweater for Justin"


Pattern: Basic Round- Yoke Unisex Pullover
Yarn Used and Color:  Quince and Co. Owl 13 (!) skeins of Huckleberry
What was your favorite thing about this KAL? I never would have gotten even this far without friendly peer pressure.
What animal does this new sweater make you feel like? This much sweater would look perfect on a centaur.

Pam


Pattern: Birdie Fair Isle Cardigan 
Yarn Used and Color: Lett Lopi in Spring Green Heather, Sun Yellow, White and Grey
What was your favorite thing about this KAL? Using the happy green Lopi.


What animal does this new sweater make you feel like? A panda.

Sunne Meyer


Pattern: Basic Round- Yoke Unisex Pullover
Yarn Used and Color: O Wool Legacy (from the old days)
What was your favorite thing about this KAL? Using stash yarn in a color I love.


What animal does this new sweater make you feel like? A green robin.


Also pictured is Lily who made her own sweater with us, Cabeltta in Cascade 220!
Just look at these smiles!! Way to go everyone, such a fun Knit-a-long... 2014 will bring you more opportunities to knit-a-long with us, stay tuned and happy knitting!

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous9:02 AM

    Absolutely gorgeous, everyone. So many great interpretations of a yoked sweater. You are inspiring!

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  2. OMG these all turned out SO good!!

    I'm coming over to steal Amber and Kiyomi's sweaters RIGHT MEOW. <3

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