Monday 22 March 2010

Modification Mondays: Quadrat


Original Pattern: Quadrat

Knitter Extraordinaire: Yoko (Rav Id, Blog)

Mods: Yoko lengthened and narrowed the sleeves slightly, added a lovely ribbed funnel neck, and added several inched of ribbing to the hem.

What Makes This Awesome: Both the original pattern and this modification are so gorgeous, and so completely different. The original looks like you could knit it in a cool cotton, and it would be a great summer sweater. Yoko's deep ribbing at the hem and the matching funnel neck add a lot of warm to this sweater, and really up the cuddle factor- now it's cozy and chic, just perfect for winter. I absolutely love it.

Although the project page doesn't have details on the modifications, I think the above picture is pretty self explanatory and helpful. Yoko has a beautiful blog, which is entirely in Japanese, but an experienced knitter would find the pictures quite inspiring.

8 comments:

Chantal Boucher said...

Thank you to share. Nice modifications, better that way from my point of you. You're right, she's quite inspiring and her blog has a tool to translate in english/french.

Have a nice knitting week!

Hilary said...

I think the original Quadrat is great, but I LOVE this modded version. The longer length is fantastic. This is the sort of sweater I would absolutely live in!

erica-knits said...

Oh Julie, I love this one. I think you're right, a cotton one could be perfect for spring.

Monique said...

I really like the mod. I love the sleeves now. The others would be really cute with a long sleeve tee underneath.

Jacki said...

Those cables are exquisite. I like what you did with the neck as well; it looks like it would be more comfortable to wear that the original.

Teresa said...

So beautiful! What a great mod.

Skein said...

Love how she added the ribbed funnel neck, it really makes this sweater.

Michele Saunders said...

This looks great with the addition of the turtleneck. Lovely modification!