hi everyone! been a while, no? first thing’s first, if you haven’t already seen it, the summer issue of popknits is online and available now! definitely check it out when you get a chance.

i know that there’s been a lack of knitting on the blog lately and a lot of hooping. well, i’m glad that there’s been hooping because i had been doing a lot of secret knitting. i spent most of my time working on my first real design for popknits and now it’s available and i can finally talk about it! i present, the lido west wrap!

i had this fabulous yarn, blue heron rayon metallic, that i bought at the point several years ago and really wanted to use. for a while, that yarn was in the slinky garter stitch wrap but i frogged that because it was always getting snagged on stuff. so it sat around and i looked at patterns on ravelry but nothing really clicked so i decided to design something to accommodate it.

i fished around in my 1960s vogue knitting magazines for some inspiration and came across a really sweet, little cardigan that used a columnar lace pattern that really appealed to me. after futzing with the numbers for the stitch pattern, i found a complimenting lace pattern in one of my stitch dictionaries to use on the ends. i sandwiched it all between garter stitch and started knitting!

this yarn is so nice! i love slinkyness of the rayon and the subtle sparkle from the metallic thread. it’s really affordable too if you buy just the one skein. it makes a light and cool wrap perfect for the summer.

so that’s what i’ve been up to! i also cast-on and finished an ishbel too which i’ll update you on early this coming week.

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