Encore: Tanguy

Wow! Thank you, everyone, for your emails and wonderful comments on Le Tanguy! This simple sweater is one of my favorite projects of all time, and I'm absolutely tickled that you've given it such a great reception.



Since so many of you have emailed, impatient to cast on, until the website is ready Le Tanguy will be available as a kit. For orders and enquiries, please send an email to sauveterre AT gmail DOT com with the subject line: "Kit - Le Tanguy".



Kit pricing varies according to the number of skeins required for the project, so please be sure to include the size you are interested in making. Sizing is as follows:

Small - Chest size 34"
Medium - Chest size 38"
Large - Chest size 42"
X-Large - Chest size 46"
XX-Large - Chest size 50"

The version shown (size L) was knit with 10 skeins of Mont Blanc (100% lt dk cashmere), colorways Tobacco and Sky, but don't feel that you need to be wedded to that combination. Let the colors you choose make your own statement. The following are just a few pairing suggestions, ranging from bashful to bold.





For more semi-solid colorway options, pricing and ordering information, please see The List of Colorways.

Last Call for Klee!

As I type, there is ONE (1) Large Klee Scarf Kit remaining. First come, first served.

[Edit] SOLD! Wow, that was quick. If there is sufficient interest, the Klee may be available again as a limited run during the winter holiday season.




(Colorways as shown above on the right, and below.)



Happy Easter, all!

Deflowering the Mens Knitwear Virgin...

Okay, I confess, I've never designed a sweater for men before. Never felt moved to before. But recently I was inspired - though it felt, more accurately, like compelled.

You know that feeling when a design epiphany strikes? It's either like a bolt of lightning or a fiery sunrise of increasing intensity that requires capturing NOW, or it'll be lost forever.

Inevitably it happens somewhere totally inconvenient, like a steering committee meeting, a grocery line, or during the last boarding call for your flight. That was how this, my first ever piece pour homme, was conceived as a hurried scribble on an airline napkin.

A few days later it evolved into this:



And not long after, this...





Introducing Le Tanguy, knit in Mont Blanc (100% lt dk cashmere), colorways Tobacco and Sky:













Apart from the few bits of ribbing, it's all stocking stitch which - at least for me - is quite soothing (and easy enough to do in a darkened cinema!). Not to mention quick! Before I knew it, the pullover had practically finished itself.

It gave me that feeling of saudade just seaming it up. *sigh* Simple a knit as it is, this has been one of my all time favorite projects. And it never hurts that Mont Blanc is so soft, it's terribly addictive!

I kind of like how the hand-painted semisolids give the sweater a heathered effect. It looks both polished and casually broken-in at the same time, like an article of well-loved, well-worn clothing from a wardrobe that's reached for over and over again.


WEBSITE UPDATE:

As most of you have probably noticed, the main website (www.sauveterredesign.com) is currently under construction. Good news: it's finally very very close to completion! Thanks to my genius web designer, there will be a more user-friendly viewing system for colorways, a little gallery, and I'm also considering a place for patterns. Le Tanguy might very well be one of them.

Unexpected Little Knits!

I was just about ready to do a little reveal of a new project today, but a little something has just arrived on my desk that deserves its spotlight. If you haven't already discovered Expectant Little Knits (ed. Suzanne J.E. Tourtillott; new from Lark Books), it's definitely worth checking out.



Just on the first flip-through I found several patterns that I'm putting on my must-have list, including a chic pucker-stitch tunic dress and a truly elegant houndstooth jacket, cropped to give a great classic a younger modern edge. My needles are burning for these pieces. And I'm not even pregnant! But you don't have to be to enjoy most of the great patterns in the book.

Amongst the designs is also this, which I've had to be mum about for nearly a year now. Keeping this little secret has nearly killed me, but finally she's out!

Introducing the Deauville Car Coat in Pippin (100% aran weight cashmere):



The coat, which has a shawl collar that wraps around the cutaway front and curved tail back, can be worn open or closed with a brooch. And best of all, it's versatile: great for both during and after pregnancy.





So that's my surprise for today. Stay tuned this week (that's right, you haven't read wrong, I mean this week) for YET ANOTHER reveal!

A tres bientot!

Happy Holidays!

A Bit on Logistics

Klee Scarf Kits purchased by Dec 10 will ship on Dec 11.

Again, please note that the studio will be closed from Dec 12th through 19th. Any remaining kits may still be purchased during that time; however, these will ship on or after Dec 20.

Have a great week, everyone!

New Pattern: Aoife

The new Winter 07 Knitty is up with lots of lovely projects. I'm honored to have a new pattern of mine included in such great company.

Presenting Aoife (pronounced EE-feh). (Named after an angelic little girl I once met long, long ago. When I asked her what her name meant, this little five-year-old gave me a shy smile and, in that cheerful breathy whisper five-year-olds have, said, 'radiant'. And in that moment it didn't seem possible for her to have had a more appropriate name.)







You can find the pattern on knitty here: Aoife