DROPS Fall/Winter 2007/2008 Vote

Tuesday, June 6, 2007

Norwegian yarn company Garnstudio has posted more than a hundred (seriously, I counted them: there's 128) pictures of patterns that could make it to their Fall/Winter 2007/2008 DROPS Collection. Now, if you're not familiar with their work, what they do is they post all their collections as free patterns -- in eight languages, no less -- on their website. So who gets to decide which patterns are included? We do! :)

Each visitor has 10 votes to choose from the 128, and about 60 or so will make it to the final collection. Mind you, the translations take a while to appear but still, now's our time to make an impact.

To tell the truth, most of the patterns underwhelmed me. They look bulky, oversized, and outdated: think mid-90's. It could just be the weather, though. I'm finding it hard to get excited about warm wintery clothes just now. But I did manage to find some really cute designs. These get my vote:

A couple of really simple designs. The cardigan (ee-131) is cute but I'm really liking the green self-patterning yarn (fa-005). Works amazingly well on sweater. Who woulda thunk?

I like cabled cardigans and these three are just so cute. The purple one (sa-020) is my absolute favorite. Gorgeous! I'm willing to bet money -- nay, yarn! -- that it's going to be in the collection. :) The white one (z-281) has what looks like sideways cables in the mid-section. I'd like to see that with long sleeves. The red one (z-284_278) looks like it's knitted entirely sideways. I'd probably make changes to the collar cause it just looks huge. And is that a woolly dress underneath? Ugh. Poor girl, she must be sweltering.

More cables! A sideways shrug (u-520) and some seriously gorgeous cables on the scarf (x-325).

I've been looking for a pattern for felted clogs/slippers (ee-155-a) and these are awesome. Are they knitted or crocheted? I can't tell. There are 3 clog designs but I really like these open-heeled ones. I think these would make cute, easy and fast Christmas presents. It's never too early to plan ahead, eh?

I'm also a sock addict (who isn't? ;) so I was glad to see some -- not many but some -- sock patterns. Stripey knee-high socks (fa-010) of the same self-patterning yarn, Fabel (OMG! they have yummy new colors!), as the green sweater, and -- excuse me while I try not to faint -- cabled knee-highs (u-524). Love love LOVE these. Must have yummy socks.

Just so you know, I'm not affiliated with Garnstudio, just a really big fan of their patterns. Vote your favorites here!

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