Well, better late than never! Happy Saturday, everyone! Today I’d like to introduce a new design, the Juniper pullover. Juniper is a top-down seamless yoke design worked in soft fingering weight cotton meant to hit that weird transitional period between late summer and early fall. We have a lot of that here in the south!
A modern twist on traditional seamless yoke provides a sassy backdrop for some fun details in this feminine sweater. Juniper is a great transitional knit and what a fun and easy way to get the most from stripes! While the lightest shade frames the face, multiple shades in kicky stripes curve upward around the yoke, creating a long, slow gradient that grows darker as it reaches the lacy hem. Its swingy, flared silhouette begins with an open neckline. Three-quarter length sleeves are worked downward from the yoke and are also edged in sweet-as-pie cone and fir lace.
The Juniper pullover reflects my love for stripes and the way they impart youthfulness, freshness and a sporty appeal to knit wear. Stripes are something we wear at all ages and at all times during the year. They can also be used to create an interesting gradient effect, in this case moving through a spectrum of blues from creamy white. To lighten the edge and to delight the knitter, I’ve edged Juniper with the tiniest bit of Cone & Fir lace in deep blue.
Seamless yoke construction draws these stripes into pleasant smiley rings through the upper body, then evolves into a flirty, swingy shape that flares from mid torso. I’m really fond of this neckline, wide, soft and equally low at front and back. Juniper is worked in KnitPicks Comfy, a cool and easy care blend of 75% Pima Cotton and 25% Acrylic that is so soft to knit and to wear.
I hope you’ll enjoy Juniper! I’d like to welcome this new addition by offering it free through the end of today, Saturday, September 22, 2018. Doesn’t that sound like a good idea? Just head over to my Ravelry shop, pop the Juniper Pullover into your shopping cart and enter the coupon code SWINGY2 at checkout. Then cast on! (Feel free to share a link to this page with your friends, but please don’t give out the coupon code. It helps me a lot when folks come here to visit.) If you like these little discounts (I usually offer them on Friday mornings) and are interested in my work, I’d love to see you over at the new Ravelry group Friends of Littlechurch Knits. Until we meet again, happy knitting!
