Platformnine Designs

I’ve been a busy bee again! I don’t know why I always say that, since I’m never not being a busy bee haha! While I’ve been hammering out my May samples for the PhatFiber Box (see pictures below for a preview of samples), I’ve also been finishing up my first, for-realz-actually-sat-down-and-did-it knitwear. Nothing terribly exciting (well, it is to me), just a cute little shrug/bolero/cropped jacket thingy. Why are there so many names for them? It was a seriously quick knit, I love it! The pattern I used was Shoulder Holder. On top of all of that (and school, family, my meager social life, etc) I was hit hard by the design bug last night. I was re-watching Leverage season one before the new season starts (May 25th!!), and the character Sophie was wearing this positively adorable long sweater vest at the end of the second episode. I did some detective work (ie: got out my photoshop and doctored some photos so I could get a closer, in detail look at the vest), and I sketched up a few mock ups of some ideas I have for the sweater. I’m way excited about it :D

Sample preview for May:

2 different handspun samples, each a different colorway and different weights. Spring Showers and Hyacinth.

1/2 oz fiber batts. Twice carded cotswold locks with angelina blended in.

(For the rest of the pictures, and the full sized versions, go here!)