Thursday, November 30, 2023
Craft On: Leaving the Incense Route
Here it is! Ha'il is our last stop on the Incense Route before we must trek into open desert. I am really proud of this sweater, as it turned out nearly exactly as I imagined it. I hope you enjoy making and wearing it as much as I do. The contrast of the soft, feminine shape with the rigid walls of the city by which it was inspired.
Ha’il is the fortified city which was the last stop to the north before the open desert, it is styled in a similar fashion to the traditional textiles of the area, with a color work pattern that imitates the shape of the mud bricks of the fortress itself. This pullover is knit from the bottom up with a modified Dolman sleeve and is knit with positive ease. Both the bottom edging and the cuffs on the sleeves are knit in a highly contrasting corrugated ribbing, then continues in a geometric diamond chain design before the striping begins.
It is now available on PayHip, Ravelry, and LoveCrafts. If you use the coupon code IncenseRoute, it will take 75% off for the first 10 customers, then 50% off for the next 10 customers, then 25% off through the end of the day (PST) December 6, 2023. The collection itself is available on both PayHip and Ravelry, and is priced about 30% off the price of all the patterns included.
I am also trucking away on my GAL projects. This first one isn't finished, mostly because the tire place took such little time to get my snow tires on my car. I was hoping to finish it tonight at knit night, but the snow started in earnest (we've had some of it, but not a lot of it, so far - just flurries and light dustings here and there), and nobody wanted to be on the road in the dark. So, instead, I will be wise and rest and work on it tomorrow.
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Labels: Books, Design, FOs, Giftalong, Homemaking, Incense Route, Knitting, WIP, Yarn Along
