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Today’s free pattern is again courtesy of the Australian Home Journal. It bills itself as ‘a most attractive design for the larger figure and suitable for a Mother’s Day gift’, because we all know behind every ‘yo momma’s so fat’ joke lies a grain of truth. Personally I’d like to see the swallow spaced out further on the top and closer underneath, to form a neat triangle design, but perhaps the original designers tried that and found bird boobs weren’t a good look for matrons.
Today’s free pattern comes courtesy of knichet, a fellow Raveler. I’d seen her absolutely lovely sweater created from this pattern, and noticed she’d added the pattern to her project images. Seeing how many others loved her creation and how unfortunately tiny the Ravelry pictures were, I asked if I could host larger versions of the images here. She was kind enough to agree, and so here they are! She also added the pattern to Ravelry, so if you’re on the site you can add it to your queue. Queue is such a strange word to spell out.
Not only is this vintage gem a wonderful pattern to wear throughout the year (especially if knit in a lighter angora or blend), but the sparrows flying across are perfect to herald the warm weather. The original color scheme of red, white and darker blue certainly came out charmingly, but this could also be lovely with a light yellow or black background, keeping the red and blue.
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