Featured: Amy Herzog Fall Sweaters

I was so thrilled to see my friend Amy featuring some more of my work as a pairing to her new Fall sweater release. Look how cute Amy is with these blue earrings and her new cowl sweater!

I can't help but get excited when I see one of my designs featured with someone else's work. And someone I think is so amazing at her craft. I just love her sweaters, but even more amazing is that she spends a lot of her energy on providing options to her patterns and tutorials for helping people find styles that best fit their body shape. No matter who you are, or what you look like this is some great advice!

Amy has written an entire series of tutorials called Fit to Flatter which helps knitters understand how to modify patterns that best fit them. She provides alteration suggestions based on your measurements and what works with their individual body shape. I just LOVE this about her patterns. If only I could knit! 

Amy usually shows various body shapes (literally with several test knitters) who use the same pattern. Each test knitter makes alterations to the pattern to best fit their body shape. 

Her patterns also provide variations on sleeves, use of trim (whether to accentuate or not) or length in torso. All these variations help to make a 'fit to flatter' sweater customized to you.  

A quick note about my earrings. I sent her earrings that were originally meant as a playful summer beach pair. We were moving into Spring and that was what was on my bead table at the time. They are Venetian beads with white foil as the focal and small aquamarine rounds. I also finished the setting with hammered silver waves at the bottom of each bead. Nonetheless, I have to admit that they look perfect with her Fall design. The deep blue absolutely works with her color choice.

If you are a knitter and looking for patterns; hop on over to Amy's blog and check out her site. Just to give a shout out to one of my personal favorites, Oscillate, it is simply gorgeous, lush and so feminine. Everything you want in a sweater. I just love her designs.