Shown on a clothes hanger in the garden - so leaves, lattice etc in the background - is a dark teal, hand knitted vest (sleeveless sweater) for a man.
The colour is looking more blue in the photo than it is IRL
It is a classic V-necked vest but with a nice textured stitch pattern that forms diamonds or lattice. The stitch is in Barbara Walker’s ‘Treasury of Knitting Patterns’ - she called it ‘Imitation Lattice’ and it just a knit/purl combination.
The yarn is from Bendigo Woollen Mills - 8ply
‘Whisper’ in ‘Baltic’.
A hat and handbag are shown next to a timber garden fence which is in the background - there are objects on the fence, tree branches, a metal pole etc.
The hat is in the foreground on a grey styrofoam ‘display head’ - it is a small hat, hand knitted - a ‘modular’ knit so round the head are diamond shapes, then triangles - the top of the hat is a circle of modular knitting like the bottom of the bag (see next photo)
The ‘diamonds ‘ make soft points along the edge of the hat.
The bag is hanging by its handle behind the hat - it is also modular knitting - diamond shapes. It is quite long. The handle is crochet (backed with gros-grain ribbon.
Both hat & bag are in a variety of yarns - with edges handle etc in a dark teal 8ply - the rest are greens, blues, a touch of orange & brown … peacock colours.
Both are to my own patterns but the base of the bag (see next photo) and top of the hat are based on ‘Felted Stained Glass Fan Bag’ by Madeline Langan - it’s on Ravelry
In this photo we see the base of the handbag -
With some of the rest of the bag and it is lying on top of the knitted vest shown in the 1st photo .
Modular knitting - fan shapes - decreasing into the centre. A variety of yarns is used with a dark teal coloured 8ply yarn used to edge / seperate the fans. The rest are greens, blues, a touch of orange & brown … peacock colours.
This base of the bag and the top of the little hat in the previous photo are based on ‘Felted Stained Glass Fan Bag’ by Madeline Langan - it’s on Ravelry
A pair of hand knitted socks shown on some yellow sandstone.
The socks are lying ‘pigeon toed’ - toes together, heels out.
I use a vintage Patons pattern - top down, heel flap style heel …
The yarn is a self-patterning sock yarn from Regia - a 4ply - ‘Urban Jungle colour 2592’
It makes irregular bands in greys and light turquoise.
#finishFriday a catch up of 2 weeks finishes. All #handknitting - a vest for Hubby, the hat and bag to complete my peacock outfit and a pair of socks that have been a WiP for ages. 🧶 more in Alt Txt
