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With a fresh approach to color and innovative use of shape, Susanne Sommer’s knitwear designs are straightforward, graphic and modern, and always wearable & comfortable.

SOSUknits patterns are easy to follow and fun to knit for beginners and experienced knitters alike.

Susanne specializes in two-color brioche and uses the technique to create reversible geometric designs.

MODERN.
FUN.
KNITS.

With a fresh approach to color and innovative use of shape, Susanne Sommer’s knitwear designs are straightforward, graphic and modern, and always wearable & comfortable.

SOSUknits patterns are easy to follow and fun to knit for beginners and experienced knitters alike.

Susanne specializes in two-color brioche and uses the technique to create reversible geometric designs.

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Conflux

Conflux is a shawl vest with a simple rectangular shape. It is knit with a seamless modular construction on the bias in two-color brioche and garter stitch using fingering weight yarn.

Baseline Cardigan

A sideways cardigan knit in Garter stitch and 2x2 ribbing with a slipped stitch detail along the sleeves – with a modular and customizable construction.

Staycation

A sideways top with textural stripes – as a peplum or crop top.

Brioche Mode

The SOSUknits MKAL 2023 is revealed: Brioche Mode is a graphic rectangular shawl in two-color Brioche and Garter stitch stripes with a seamless modular construction.
Join me online for Brioche Knitting Classes with @vogueknittingonline from December 1-3 and learn some of my favorite Brioche techniques:

🧶 BRIOCHE WITH A TWIST
Friday, December 1, 2023
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

Learn how to knit fully reversible Brioche cables and all you need to know to knit a Brioche Twist Headband.

🧶 BRIOCHE TEXTURES
Saturday, December 2, 2023
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

Explore the wide world of textural Brioche variations (like Honeycomb and Pearl Brioche).

🧶 SYNCOPATED BRIOCHE
Sunday, December 3, 2023
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

Learn how to make the color and texture switch and use it to create geometric patterns.

You can find all class descriptions and all info at www.vogueknittinglive.com or by following the clickable link in my profile! 

All virtual classes are in English and include a detailed handout and a complementary pattern. I teach in both Continental and English style. The classes are recorded so you can re-watch at your leisure.

(Unbezahlte Werbung wegen Markennennung/unpaid promotion)

#SOSUknits #virtualVKlive #VirtualClass #VirtualKnitting #KnittingClass #VogueKnittingOnline  #BriocheLove #BriocheKnitting #BriocheStitch
How to turn the Porto Shawlette into a perfect little kerchief.

🧶 Knitting pattern available on Ravelry & Payhip.

#SOSUknits #Knitting #stricken #BriocheStitch #BriocheKnitting #Bandana #kerchief
It‘s this wonderful time of the year again: The indie design Gift-a-Long is about to begin! 🧶🎁🧶

And as usual it starts with a bang, er, sale. 🎉

What is the GAL you may ask?
The Indie Design Gift-A-Long is an almost 6 week long KAL/CAL of holiday gifts made from patterns designed by a rather extensive list of independent designers. 

From November 21, 2023 at 5:00 pm US EST to December 31, 2023 at midnight US EST there will be fun games, contests, and 8 KAL/CALs that will help you get your holiday knitting and crocheting done with companionship and fun - all taking place on Ravelry.

To start things off, the 262 participating designers offer between 10 and 20 of their patterns with a 25% discount with the code “giftalong2023” from November 21 at 5pm (US-EST) through November 27 at 11:59 pm (US-EST).

You can find out more about the GAL, a list of participating designers as well as my discounted patterns via the links in my profile.

Happy GAL, knitters!

#SOSUknits #giftalong2023 #GAL2023 #knitting #stricken
Who‘s glad she made three versions of this cardi, because she lives in them now? 

Hey, hi, it’s me! 👋😊

What’s a pattern you‘ve knit more than once? And what do you love it about it?

🧶 This is the Baseline Cardigan, available on Ravelry & Payhip.

#SOSUknits #knitting #stricken #BaselineCardigan #KnittingObsession #KnittingConfession
Join me for the December session of Virtual Knitting LIVE! from December 1-3 and up your Brioche game with some of my favorite Brioche techniques.

🧶 BRIOCHE WITH A TWIST
Friday, December 1, 2023
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

Learn how to knit fully reversible Brioche cables and all you need to know to knit a Brioche Twist Headband.

🧶 BRIOCHE TEXTURES
Saturday, December 2, 2023
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

Explore the wide world of textural Brioche variations (like Honeycomb and Pearl Brioche).

🧶 SYNCOPATED BRIOCHE
Sunday, December 3, 2023
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

Learn how to make the color and texture switch and use it to create geometric patterns.

You can find all class descriptions and all info at www.vogueknittinglive.com or by following the clickable link in my profile! 

All classes are in English and include a handout and a complementary pattern. I teach in both Continental and English style.

(Unbezahlte Werbung wegen Markennennung/unpaid promotion)

#SOSUknits #virtualVKlive #VirtualClass #VirtualKnitting #KnittingClass #VogueKnittingOnline  #BriocheLove #BriocheKnitting #BriocheStitch @vogueknittingonline
Yes, I admit it!
I abandoned sleeve island on Saturday (shortly after posting about it, actually 🫣) to give the body of my Gridlines WIP a good block to check the fit before continuing. It took forever to dry, but I’m almost finished with the first sleeve now. There’s just the cuff in twisted ribbing left to go. 🎉 (and the second sleeve, but it goes honestly so fast with 5 mm needles, I don’t even mind) 

My worries were all unfounded, and it turned out exactly as I’d hoped. Yay! 

I also unraveled the collar seam as it either needs to be longer for the folded collar to lie flat or shorter for a single layer. What do you think? Are team folded collar or is it not your thing?

🧶 Still absolutely in love with my yarn choice! Gilliatt and Berenice by @dererumnatura are the stuff my warm fluffy sweater dreams are made if! 🥰

(Unbezahlte Werbung wegen Markennennung / unpaid promotion)

#SOSUknits #GridlinesSweater #knitting #stricken #WIP #MakingProgress #SleeveIsland #SidewaysSweater
Here’s how to seam horizontal to vertical Mattress Stitch in Garter stitch, shown on the pocket of the Baseline Cardigan:

1) Insert the upwards through the upper loop of the Garter stitch on the horizontal panel.
2) Insert the needle upwards through both legs of the knit stitch (makes a little “v”) on the vertical panel.

Repeat these two steps, making sure you stay in the same row on both sides for a straight seam.
Then pull on the yarn to close the seam. 

For this pocket, I like to start on the lower corner of the pocket side that’s closest to the opening of the card and work upwards, then I go back to that same corner to work the lower seam and then go upwards again on the other pocket side.

While horizontal to vertical seam are a bit more rare, Mattress Strich is a great little technique to have in your knitting tool kit.

#BaselineCardigan #SOSUknits #KnittingTips #KnittingTechniques #MattressStitch #Seaming
I‘m starting into the week with a double layer of hand-knits. I have a feeling I‘m going to need it…

🧶 Baseline Cardigan
🧶 Brioche Mode Shawl

Btw, did you see that you can now find (most of) my knitting patterns with clickable links to Ravelry and Payhip as Story Highlights in my profile? Have a browse! 

#SOSUknits #ComfortOutfit #KnitOOTD #OOTD #BaselineCardigan #BriocheModeShawl #knitting #stricken #memade #memadewardrobe
Save the Date: Ich bin im Mai 2024 beim 2. Wiener Wollkongress dabei!

Im Workshop „Fresh Brioche“ tauch wir tiefer in die bunte und vielseitige Welt des Briochestrickens ein.

Ich freue mich drauf!

@wienerwollkongress 

#wienerwollkongress2024 #wiwo2024 #briochestricken #briocheistnichtnurzumessenda #gemeinsamstricken #strickeninwien #austrianknitters #briocheknitting #knittingtechniques #stricktechnik #knittingaddict #knittingcommunity #strickliebe
You can now find clickable links to my patterns on Ravelry and Payhip in my Story Highlights.

You’ll find them in my profile, just above the posts.
There are four categories to browse through: Brioche, Shawls, Accessories, and Garments.

Maybe you’ll find your next project!

Happy knitting!

#SOSUknits #knitting #stricken #KnittingPatterns #Strickmuster
Have a wooly weekend! 

#ShawlWeather #SOSUlknits #BriocheModeShawl #knitting #stricken #BriocheStitch
One of my favorites knitting techniques is a graft. 

It takes a little to memorize the rhythm, as it varies from stitch pattern to stitch pattern, but Garter stitch - as it does so often - makes things easy for us. It’s the same two steps on both the front and back needle.

I posted a reel with all the steps not too long ago (you’ll find it in my Reels feed), so this is really just an appreciation post for the fact that grafts let us imitate the way yarn travels when we knit, creating an invisible “seam”.

This technique is used in the Baseline Cardigan and Sweater to close the sides, but can be substituted with a 3-needle bind-off. I highly recommend giving this one a go, though.

It’s a great technique to have in your knitting tool box!

#SOSUknits #GarterStitchGraft #GraftingGarterStitch #knitting #stricken #maschenstich
Thank you for my early present friendies, #newstart #portugalproject #travelmodeshawl #sosuknits #beinspired 
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I love the squishy texture of brioche. #sosuknits #frequencyshawl #briocheknitting #lichenandlace #sassystringsyarn #louiserobertyarns #knitting
Draußen ist herrlicher Sonnenschein, schön kalt und windstill. Ich hüte das Sofa mit einer Ohrspeicheldrüsenentzündung. Nicht nett. Da gibt es nur einen Trost: Stricken. Neben den Projekten die ich mit Dagmar Fresenius von Mährle mache, muss ich ab und zu auch mal etwas ganz selbstsüchtig für mich stricken. Die Baseline Cardigen von Susanne Sommer hat es mir angetan. So viele Größen und Variationsmöglichkeiten! Ich habe mich für unifarben mit der wunderschönen Corrie confetti von la bien aimee entschieden. Ich liebe die bunten Wollschnipsel in dem Garn. Die Bündchen und die Tasche werden in in knalligen Farben sein. Hier Fiffi und Remmidemmi von Frida Fuchs.
Strickt Ihr eher für andere oder auch für Euch selbst?
#yarnoverberlin #fridafuchs #labienaimee #stricken #baselinecardigan #sosuknits #tricoter #knit
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#iamfarmingboy #instagram #reels
#sosuknits #iamfamin #lover
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Yes, I admit it!
I abandoned sleeve island on Saturday (shortly after posting about it, actually 🫣) to give the body of my Gridlines WIP a good block to check the fit before continuing. It took forever to dry, but I’m almost finished with the first sleeve now. There’s just the cuff in twisted ribbing left to go. 🎉 (and the second sleeve, but it goes honestly so fast with 5 mm needles, I don’t even mind) 

My worries were all unfounded, and it turned out exactly as I’d hoped. Yay! 

I also unraveled the collar seam as it either needs to be longer for the folded collar to lie flat or shorter for a single layer. What do you think? Are team folded collar or is it not your thing?

🧶 Still absolutely in love with my yarn choice! Gilliatt and Berenice by @dererumnatura are the stuff my warm fluffy sweater dreams are made if! 🥰

(Unbezahlte Werbung wegen Markennennung / unpaid promotion)

#SOSUknits #GridlinesSweater #knitting #stricken #WIP #MakingProgress #SleeveIsland #SidewaysSweater
#BaseCampShawl 🧶

Was macht man mit Garnresten?
Was mit Einzelsträngen, die von einem Projekt übrig geblieben sind oder die man sich irgendwann einmal wegen der schönen Färbung gekauft hatte und keine Idee, was damit machen?

Hier mein Tipp für alle, die zweifärbiges Patent mögen: strickt ein kuschelweiches Dreieckstuch damit! 
Briochstrick wirkt plastischer, fluffiger und dadurch nochmal flauschiger, was es daher ideal für Accessoires für eisig kalte Wintertage macht ❄️☃️🌬️

sosuknits hat eine wunderschöne Anleitung geschrieben, leicht zu befolgen und perfekt um es individuell anzupassen- ob einfärbig, zweifärbig, gestreift, mit dünnerem oder dickerem Garn… schaut mal bei ihr vorbei!

Ich verstricke hier meine 100% Merino ultrafein (16 Micron) - damit trägt sich der Schal um Hals und Gesicht wie eine zärtliche Umarmung 🫶🏻

PS: und da der Schal recht flott gestrickt ist, eignet er sich als Weihnachtsgeschenk für eine liebe Person 🌟

(📢 enthält Werbung, unbeauftragt, aus eigener Begeisterung und Überzeugung)

#sosuknits #briochestricken #briocheschal #briochetuch #patentstricken #patenttuch #handgefärbtewolle #handgefärbtesmerino #merinoultrafine #merinohanddyed #merinohandgefärbt #slowfashion #stricken #knitting #knittersofinstagram #knittersofaustria #kunsthandwerk #waldviertelkunst #sensiblehaut #kristykayyarn