This is another design from the Up The Allotment Collection.

These 2 x 2 Raglan sweaters are so classic and perfect for using up all those little bits of yarn.

I have used Ecological yarn by Cascade yarn and Rico Organic pure for the boys sweater and for the girls I used Eco Tinto by Rico Design and Ecological yarn by Cascade yarns for the girls.

This design are featured in the Up The Allotment shoot for the charity book Aspley Collection Book 1 due to launch in June 2012. Aspley Guise Lower School have a massive task of having to raise £80,000. Its a massive project so I have joined forces with Cascade yarns and Rico Design to produce this book which I really hope you will like.

The sweater takes 2 skeins of ecological yarn. They are both fun to knit. The platted cable trim is knitted doing one stripe at a time and then platted and then stitched into place.
There are more Up The Allotment Shoot Designs to come followed by Stables Shoot, Woburn Abbey and Up The Allotment all for this book so watch out for more designs being loaded on over the coming weeks for this book

If you would like to be kept up to date with the book’s progress do fill in the submission form on my home page http://www.mypdfpatterns.com and we are only too happy to keep you up to date.
Also feel free to view The Stables shoot utube video which shows more designs to be featured in this book
http://www.mypdfpatterns.com/PRESS-AND-MEDIA.html
This book will also be available as an e book as well as a hardback.

This particular project takes 2 skeins of Ecological yarn. You make the leaf tabs separately and then using very simple grafting technique produce this really fun 3D fabric. Its a fun project.

You will also find just some of the designs featured in this book on my slideshow on my press and PR page. Do feel free to take a sneaky look and hope you can all support us. The children from the school will be monitoring the activity so do feel free to comment if you like.

All photographs were taken by award winning photographer Karen Parker. www.karenparkerphotography.co.uk

Happy Knitting!