New Pattern: Chili Pepper Cardigan

The fall 2017 Knitscene is out! It's full of beautiful sweaters—including my Chili Pepper Cardigan.

Chili Pepper is an open-front cardigan featuring a pretty lozenge stitch on its cuffs and fronts. It's a comfortable classic you'll wear for years to come—and it's equally at home in the office or on weekends.

Knit in DK weight yarn (Valley Yarns Northfield, a soft merino/alpaca/silk blend), Chili Pepper is nearly seamless. It's worked in one piece to the armholes, then fronts and back are knit separately. After seaming the shoulders and back neck, the sleeves are worked top down, in the round. A touch of shaping gives the body a swingy, A-line shape.

In addition to lots of great patterns, the fall Knitscene has an article on slipstitch colorwork, tips for getting a good fit, and an interview with Krysten Ritter. Find it at your favorite yarn shop or bookstore or purchase the digital issue directly from Interweave.

Photos: F&W Media/Harper Point Photography

Celebrations: Blue Peninsula Newsletter Anniversary

In July 2014, I finished writing the very first Blue Peninsula newsletter and sent it off to my new subscribers—an exciting step in my journey as a knitwear designer! Since then, I've grown to love sending out the monthly updates about new patterns, sales, knitalongs, and other events.

Now, three years later, the newsletter is going strong and continues to be a joy to write and send. So a celebration and thanks are in order! The next newsletter will have something special in it only for subscribers. It's going out this coming week, so now's a great time to subscribe if you don't already. Sign up here.

Lots of planning + lots of yarn = new designs for you! Shown here: My Blue Peninsula planning/task journal (by Peter Pauper Press) and Fibre Co. Meadow, left over from my Calliopsis Cowl.

A New Look for Blue Peninsula

Hi, and welcome! I'm so excited to launch a brand-new look for the Blue Peninsula website. 

The old site was really just a customized blog. It was ready for retirement ages ago—I simply needed to find the time to set up a new site. So here it is at last, all shiny and new and ready for visitors. Have fun looking around—I hope you like it.

To celebrate, I'm having a pattern giveaway! FIVE comments on this post will be chosen randomly to receive a coupon code for a free pattern from my Ravelry pattern store. All you need to do is leave a comment with your Ravelry username and answer this question: Have you started planning your fall knitting projects yet? If you have, what are some patterns in your queue?

I'll choose the winners on Friday, July 14. Good luck!