One of my favorite speakers and Bullseye artists is Silvia Levenson. And she’ll be teaching and speaking at Bullseye Santa Fe next week, June 27 – July 1. She’ll also be gining an artist talk on July6th which will be free. You’ll just have to notify them by the 5th that you’d like to come. Silvia is Argentine born and lives in Italy. I love her sense of humor and her process of communicating her ideas through glass. At Be Con she collarborated with artist Elizabeth Aro, also an Argentian living in Italy. Elizabeth works with fabric as her artistic medium and the two of them created some of the best pieces in the show. If you have the opportunity to get over to Bullseye Santa Fe and take her class I’m sure you’ll be very pleased and if you’re in the Portland area go by the Bullseye gallery to see their work.
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Play with Color in the Pixel Tweed Pullover
A lot of times when I share knitting patterns that are meant to be colorful I will say something about how they would be good stash busters because you can change colors as often as you like or need to as you run out of yarn.
I’m not going to make that recommendation when it comes to the Pixel Tweed Pullover by James N. Watt.
That’s because for this pattern to work it really does best as three distinct, repeating colors throughout the project.
James was inspired by the red, green and blue pixels on vintage TVs to create their color palette, but of course you can use any three colors you like. This is another pattern where looking through the finished projects on Ravelry is super helpful because you can see how different color combinations work. Sometimes if the colors are too close in value one of them almost disappears, but that’s also an interesting look.
Whatever colors you choose, this is a bottom-up crewneck is worked flat in pieces, with all over color patterning worked with slip stitches on a garter stitch base. The cuffs, neckline and bottom hem, as well as seams on the sleeves, are worked in one of the colors.
It’s available in nine sizes and ranges from a chest measurement of 36.5 to 68.5 inches, or 76 to 174 cm. It is meant to be worn with 4 to 8 inches (10-20 cm) of positive ease.
I love how this tweed pattern almost looks like crochet from a distance, and I think it would be a lot of fun to knit. This is one way to get some practice working with multiple colors if you haven’t done so before without having to pay too much attention to following a pattern or reading a chart.
The pattern is available on Ravelry.
[Photo: James N. Watt]