Our SATURDAY KAL in October is really special. LISA TWOMEY, knitter extraordinaire, will be guiding us through the lovely BOTANICA CARDI which graced the cover of this past summer’s VOGUE KNITTING:

We have Lisa’s assurance that it is WAY easier than it looks. According to her:

” It uses a guage of 5 sts to the inch and makes two sizes, x-small/small (sz I made) and m/l which is 2” bigger. It is in the Spring/Summer issue of Vogue Knitting. I looked at all of our yarns at the shop, there are so many that will work - for absolute luxury, the Karabella Boise. I used Susan which has a guage of 6 sts/inch, but I knit it on a sz 6 needle. It worked perfectly. The Blue Sky alpaca or alpaca/silk would be great, as would the cascade pure alpaca or eco alpaca. Of course, grand opera would be nice and a bit fancier for evening. I think the felted tweed would be interesting and look great with jeans. There are too many to name, but we’ve got a lot of choices. For the small size, you need 900 yards, and for the larger size, you need 1050 yards. To outsize it, go to a yarn like the cascade
sierra or cascade 220 or superwash, and it would increase the size by 20% without having to customize the directions or change the yarn quantities. I made a sample of the circle in Sierra, and it used one skein. It would probably take no more than 2-3 skeins to make the band.”

Please bring the following to the knitalong:

For my size dpn in sz 5, 16” circular sz 5
For the larger size, dpn sz 7, and 16” circular sz 7
For everyone, 3×5 notecards (4 cards) to write the pattern for the outer band which is knit like a scarf and then sewn to the circle at the end.
Row counter
Markers which are ESSENTIAL
Vogue Knitting Spring/Summer 2009 - I recommend that they copy pattern to make notes

If you don’t have a copy of the magazine, please call the shop. I have emailed the designer for her advice so that we don’t run into copyright issues. I know that there is a copy of the magazine for sale through amazon, so if you wish, go through this link here:

Call the shop to register for this FREE program, which will run every Saturday in October from 2-4 PM.