Thea, commenter #31, who had a hilarious (and on point) comment: “I’m going to go for Juno, because it keeps the theme from Freyja, with a mother goddess. Although Juno was a damn scary lady, although no can really blame her because Jupiter was kind of an ass.”

And, coincidentally, the sweater name she voted for won as well…

Juno!

Check your inbox, Thea, as we will be needing your mailing address to send you your prize!

Thanks so much to everyone who participated.  We are busily getting the pattern together for publication and will let you know as soon as it is available.

We have a few ideas for said name, but we just can’t settle on one. So with your help, we would love you to select your favorite from the options below. As an additional incentive to make your feelings known, we will randomly select a winner from the comments and send you one of our hat patterns and the yarn to knit it with. So opine away!

• Juno
• Athena
• Jóhanna
• Miriam

We will keep comments open for a week or so, then announce the winner - both the new name and prize recipient - then!

The official release isn’t until February, but until then, check back for more details, sneak peeks and other goodies related to the official release!

*While we love Amazon, especially for features such as this, don’t forget your LYS is a great place for books, too!

Photograph by Kathryn Martin + © Interweave Knits

The cardigan is constructed sideways from the center back, features short row shaping for the sleeve caps and a beautiful cable and lace motif runs across the back and open fronts.

Photograph by Kathryn Martin + © Interweave Knits

Sizes 32 (36, 41, 44, 48, 52)” bust circumference, including 3″ gap at center front.

Yarn The Fibre Company Terra (40% alpaca, 40% wool, 20% silk; 100 yd [91 m]/50 g): #905 acorn, 10 (11, 13, 14, 15, 16) skeins.

Gauge 16 sts and 26 rows = 4″ in St st; 19 sts and 26 rows = 4″ in cable and ladder patt, relaxed; braided cable measures 1½ ” wide.

Tools
• Size 8 (5 mm) needles
• cable needle
• markers
• waste yarn
• hook + eye closures

The Leitmotif Cardigan has quickly moved to the top of our “must knit” list, and it should be on yours, too!

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The body is knit in a garter stitch with side and central increases and the border is a subtle chevron with contrasting stripes in Persimmon, Bluegrass + Moss.  With 12 really beautiful colors to choose from, the possible color combinations are endless!

The pattern can be found here!  Enjoy!

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In lieu of the triangular shape she has been so fond of as of late, she decided to change things up a bit and used a half-circular construction fort he main body portion of the shawl.

The shawl is finished with a sideways knit-on lace border after the body is complete and is available as a free download here! Enjoy!

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We were doubly excited to receive the 4 new colors of Road to China Worsted that we added to the line this season!  Due to the popularity of the new colors of Road to China Light we introduced in January, they are now available in the Worsted Weight!

Enjoy!

Emerson is a long cardigan designed by Kate Gagnon Osborn.  It features a large warm comfortable shawl collar with “woven” plaid fronts knit out of the sweater staple, Organik, in Atoll (MC) + Arctic Tundra (CC).

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Hawthorn is a beautiful vintage inspired cardigan designed by Courtney Kelley that features puffed sleeves, integrated button bands and a garter stitch yoke knit out of the amazing Road to China Light in Aquamarine.

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Olmsted is a charming cardigan knit in an all over lace pattern with raglan sleeves that features beautiful crocheted flowers that grace the neckline.  Designed by Jenny Ujiie and knit out of Canopy Worsted in Palm Bud with crocheted flowers in Canopy Fingering in Orchid, this sweater is a Kelbourne Woolens favorite!

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Winthrop is a simple and classic open front yoked cardigan knit out of Road to China Worsted and designed by Kate Gagnon Osborn.  The sleeves are knit in the round and body knit flat and then the separate pieces are joined for a seamless yoke.  The cuffs and hem feature a structured slipped stitch pattern and the open fronts are finished with an attached I-cord edging.

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Perrin is a tailored cardigan designed by Courtney Kelley.  Knit in pieces out of the gorgeous Terra, it features 3/4 length set in sleeves, and A-line shape and tailored shoulders.  The wide seed stitch button band completes the overall look.

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Can anyone guess the inspiration for the names this time?  We still wanted to be unique, but went a little more “mainstream” on this one!

We hope you enjoy this new addition to the Kelbourne Woolens line of patterns!

]]> http://www.kelbournewoolens.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=763 http://www.kelbournewoolens.com/blog/?p=744 http://www.kelbournewoolens.com/blog/?p=744#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:14:06 +0000 admin http://www.kelbournewoolens.com/blog/?p=744 Still bummed that you did not win the New England Knits giveaway?  chin up, friends, as you have another chance to win a great Fibre Company prize!  This time the contest is held by Alana Dakos of the Never Not Knitting podcast and blog!

We were delighted when Alana contacted us regarding her most recent podcast, episode #39, where she talks about Road to China Light, our lines of for sale + free patterns (and, specifically the Frukktradgard Tam designed by Melissa LaBarre).  In conjunction with the podcast, Alana is holding a contest where she will be giving away 1 skein of Road to China Light in Riverstone, the Frukktradgard Tam pattern as well as a skein of the brand new Savannah in Hickory!

To enter to win this great prize, check out her blog post here.

And don’t forget to check out Alana’s beautiful line of knitting patterns here and listen to her podcast here!