Pendennis Clubs!

Introducing TWO new designs featuring Jill Draper's gorgeous tweed yarn, that named for her hometown - Kingston! It comes in so many beautiful shades that when it came time to design with this, my mind went to colorwork, so I could use a couple of them, rather than just choose one.

Pendennis Club and the Pendennis Club Hat!

The Pendennis Club sweater features two shades of Kingston, accented with yet another of Jill's fibers - a marled skein of Rockwell. I love how the bits of color in the tweed match my Rockwell shade pretty perfectly, adding a whole extra layer of richness and depth to the combination.

The sweater itself is a simple pullover - bottom up construction, worked in the round, with raglan shaping.  Mods for length and width are easy and included in the pattern - plus I created colorwork motifs around both arms and body that would lend themselves to alterations in stitch count fairly easily.

The simple geometry of a Peerie square stripe separates the upper and lower sections of the fabric, and an elegant leaf motif is featured on both front and back of the body, below the armholes.

And after all the cables that end up on my needles, this stockinette number was fast and satsifying and could be brought to work on in all kinds of situations!  I liked it sooo much that I really wasn't done when the sweater was finished, and thanks to Jill's generous yardage, I had a few yards left to play with.

SO...

I designed a hat as well. Another skein of Rockwell found its way out of my stash and looked just perfect with the partial skein of Gage St that remainde after the sweater was done and blocked.

Some stranded medallions, a little texture to really allow the contrast to pop, a bunchy crown and yep, a pom.  The Pendennis Club Hat! 

And although I didn't use matchy-matchy motifs, they really ARE meant to be published as a pair, so if you buy both patterns together on Ravelry, you'll get them for $11, which is $3.50 off the total price if purchased separately. 

There are some really beautiful test knits on Ravelry of both hat and sweater - go take a  look!  All the yardage and other details are there as well.

And the Pendennis Club Cocktail?

2 oz gin
1 oz apricot liqueur
.5 oz fresh lime juice
and a dash of Peychaud's bitters.

Shake in a jigger with ice and pour into a coupe glass!