A Glitter Panda Coco Sweater

Panda Coco Sweater by Thisblogisnotforyou.com

Panda Coco Sweater by Thisblogisnotforyou.com
Panda Coco Sweater by Thisblogisnotforyou.com

Panda Coco Sweater by Thisblogisnotforyou.com

Panda Coco Sweater by Thisblogisnotforyou.com
Panda Coco Sweater by Thisblogisnotforyou.com

CARMOUFLAGE PANDA

Oh, I love this sweater! It’s one of my favourite makes this winter and – hooray – it’s actually mine to wear and not a gift I made for someone else. I got to keep this baby!

pattern: self-drafted variation of Coco (Tilly & The Buttons)
fabric: fleece-backed sweatshirt by Königreich der Stoffe 
amount: ~ 1m
cost: 14,99€
duration: ~1 hr

Tilly and the Buttons Coco and Agnes patterns turned out to be my pattern base for all sorts of self-drafted sweaters, shirts and sweater dresses. They really come in handy this way. I used the Coco as a base to draft this little sweater. I wanted a very minimalist sweater silhouette to showcase this really cute glitter fabric.

So I made the bodice quite boxy and widened the sleeves a bit more. Apparently, I didn’t account for the fleece-backed sweatshirt fabric having basically zero stretch, so they ended up a bit too tight nonetheless. The knit-look of the fabric tricked me. I really should’ve noticed the missing stretch before cutting, though. But hey – these things still happen even after over 7 years of sewing…

The fabric is brilliant, right? It’s from Königreich der Stoffe, a German online shop (shipping international) I gushed over before. It was quite expensive, but I had a massive gift card to burn that I got for my birthday last year.

The sweater’s been in the wash a couple of times and so far the gold glitter doesn’t come off. It’s super warm and cosy and the fabric breathes well, as it’s a 80% cotton/ 20% poly mix.
I got some really lovely comments whenever I wore it and most people didn’t even notice the panda bears!

Panda Coco Sweater by Thisblogisnotforyou.comPanda Coco Sweater by Thisblogisnotforyou.comPanda Coco Sweater by Thisblogisnotforyou.com

Really loving this project! I will wear it as often as I can before it gets too warm.

Do you have any pattern recommendation for our current sweater weather?

xx

Charlie


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Beanie, mittens and scarf: lace and cable pattern

knitted beanie, mittens and scarf by thisblogisnotforyou.com

Hi everyone! Hope your all having a wonderful Christmas season.

As you can see in the pics it’s way too warm and sunny for December here in the UK and Germany. Well, I won’t complain. I’m pretty sure it will get very cold soon enough.

Anyway, expecting somewhat colder weather I was busy knitting myself a new scarf, mittens and a beanie on time for Christmas season. I actually finished this a month ago, but didn’t have time to take decent pictures. Well, here they are!

knitted beanie, mittens and scarf by thisblogisnotforyou.com

This was my first try at knitting and I knitted the scarf first using a fairly simple lace and cable pattern. I’m really glad that I used quite an ambitous pattern for my first knit, now I know how to work a cable as well as a lace pattern. I first started with a simple stocking stitch, but this became way too boring too soon. One major mistake I made was knitting ALL the knits tbl (through the back loop), but you barely see the difference so it wasn’t too bad after all. But I have no idea why I did this. Should have read my Knitting for Beginners Book more closely I guess.

I used self-striping wool (for 7-8mm needles, 50g/90m) and circular 8mm needles. I used 5 balls of wool for the scarf, about 1.5 for the owl mittens and 1.5 balls for the beanie.knitted beanie, mittens and scarf by thisblogisnotforyou.com

I actually made these owl mittens from Mollie Makes twice, this time for myself. I love them, although I have to wear a pair of gloves underneath as these are not warm enough for the cold and misty London mornings.knitted beanie, mittens and scarf by thisblogisnotforyou.com

I struggled whether to knit the scarf into a loop or not. In the end I decided to knit a normal scarf (40 cm x 180 cm) and added two buttons on the bottom. Using the holes of the lace pattern, this allows me to wear it like a loop scarf if I want to.knitted beanie, mittens and scarf by thisblogisnotforyou.com

Or, alternatively, like this:knitted beanie, mittens and scarf by thisblogisnotforyou.com

I actually had to knit the beanie twice…the first one was way too big and instead of starting all over again, I (silly silly me!) decided to wash it at 60° hoping it would become smaller. Haha. Smaller it was, but it also looked very, very awful and felted (of course!).

Well, I had to order new wool and made a new one which now fits perfectly.knitted beanie, mittens and scarf by thisblogisnotforyou.com

I made up the pattern for the beanie myself, as I couldn’t find one that matched my scarf.

Since it’s Christmas time, I’m working on a downloadable FREE PDF version of this pattern for you! So keep your eyes peeled!

Have a wonderful, happy Christmas!

xoxo,
Charlie

Ps: I guess you’re all eventually getting annoyed by the knitting posts. No worries guys, I finished some sewing projects and am just about to write up the posts 😉 More sewing coming up soon, I promise :-*