{"id":7456,"date":"2017-03-07T06:04:01","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T14:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/?p=7456"},"modified":"2020-07-09T10:20:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T17:20:16","slug":"tenderheart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/2017\/03\/07\/tenderheart\/","title":{"rendered":"My Tenderheart"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This will come as no surprise to those who have been following Tin Can Knits for a while, but Emily and I love geometric fair isle. The tiny repeats in the Tenderheart<\/a> pattern were really fun to swatch and choose and I doubt we are done with the idea yet!<\/p>\n

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While one of us usually takes the lead on a design, our patterns with Fair Isle are among our most collaborative. We go back and forth on chart variations, make a few swatch hats, and the final product is usually a mix of us both.<\/p>\n

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Tenderheart<\/a> has a simple construction, like all of the patterns in Heart on my Sleeve<\/a>, it is worked from the bottom up (sleeves and body first, then all joined together for the yoke). The Fair Isle is a small repeat, with short floats, perfect for those with limited colourwork experience.<\/p>\n

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Tenderheart Details<\/h2>\n

Pattern:<\/strong> Tenderheart from Heart on my Sleeve<\/a> (proceeds from this book are all going to the Against Malaria Foundation, so get your copy now!)<\/em><\/p>\n

Yarn:<\/strong> DK weight yarn
\nMC:<\/strong> 350 (400, 500, 650, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1600, 1800, 2000, 2200<\/strong>) yds
\nCC:<\/strong> 140 (140, 150, 170, 230, 240, 250, 270, 270, 300, 330, 400, 430, 520, 580<\/strong>) yds<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We used Madelinetosh DK<\/a> for the grown up version in a few of my favourite colourways: Antler (the perfect neutral cool white), with Tart and Scarlet for the contrast.<\/p>\n

For Jonesie’s sweater I used John Arbon Textiles Knit by Numbers DK<\/a>. Emily knit up a Prism hat from Mad Colour<\/a> in this yarn and I couldn’t wait to cast on a sweater in it! The yarn is soft and heathered and the colourwork really popped in the black and white!<\/p>\n

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I love the contrast cast-on detail (I might have been adding it to everything lately!), and of course, the heart on my sleeve. This heart motif was created by Mary Jane Mucklestone<\/a>, a genius at Fair Isle, who has literally written the book on it!<\/p>\n

If you haven’t joined the Heart on my Sleeve KAL<\/a> yet, check it out! There are fabulous prizes and lots of knitters clicking away already.<\/p>\n

More fabulous Fair Isle from TCK:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This will come as no surprise to those who have been following Tin Can Knits for a while, but Emily and I love geometric fair isle. The tiny repeats in the Tenderheart pattern were really fun to swatch and choose and I doubt we are done with the idea yet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2474659,"featured_media":7314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5604],"tags":[697566441,17341969],"class_list":["post-7456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patterns","tag-heart-on-my-sleeve-knits","tag-tenderheart","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1z4ty-1Wg","builder_content":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/homs-tenderheart-tmb-e.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2474659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7456"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13221,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7456\/revisions\/13221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}