marja-stina
Marja-Stina is a funky little kimono, worked in two pieces from provisional cast ons centre back and then sideways with edges and hems worked as you go.
An intarsia triangle provides a splash of colour on the front.
The sleeves are knitted in the manner of afterthought pockets or thumbs on Scandinavian mittens – you pick up stitches on either side of waste yarn that has been knitted into the fabric, then knit the sleeves top-down in the round.
What I particularly like about this little sweater is how neat and trim it looks after blocking but with no finishing work left to do – just look at that neat i-cord cast off along the flap! And the trim neck edge and hem.
(OK, nothing apart from the four i-cord ties and the two skinny ties on the inside).
Nothing wonky about it. Just funkiness.
Sizes available: 0 (3, 6, 12, 18) M [2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10] Y
The kimono in the first photos is knitted in Wollmeise Pure (100% merino; Vamp/red, Zarte Knospe/yellowish green, Frizzi Frizzante (?)/blue).
The second kimono is knitted in H.B. Regnbågen (Rainbow), an organic 100% cotton yarn from Sweden (black, grey, white, red, yellow).
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4 Comments
Som jag längtat efter detta mönster som jag älskat sedan jag första gången såg det. Jag ska gå in på Ravelry så fort jag hinner och köpa det. Tack tack!
Vad kul! Tack! Om jag vetat att det var sååååå efterlängtat hade jag kanske skyndat mer… men det var ett trilskt mönster (och krävde två omgångar av redigering av proffs). Hoppas det funkar nu för dig!
is the stina pattern still available? If not, as long as I keep gauge can I use DK?
Hello there! Good question! I see that the p-hop web page is no longer online. I will update the pattern and offer it on Ravelry – but that may be a while… THANK YOU for alerting me about this.
And yes, if you keep gauge you can use DK for marja-stina, but I think the fabric would become too dense.