Knit Tests

Lately I have been particpating in test knit patterns from designers on Ravelry.com I have made a shawl, coffee cozy, stole and now recently did a cropped cardigan. The great thing about knitting these is you assist the designer with their pattern as to if it is correct and/or needs revision's. After you get done with the test you then get a "free final pattern version". I've pretty much made my selection on patterns that really interest me or the time allocated for doing the test allows me enough time to finish the project. Some designers give real short time frames and others provide a more reasonable timeframe. Understand the need for some of the shorter time frames, however, I find I don't want to get under a timeline that makes me crazy.

So I am going to share a couple of tests that I recently finished.
This is a short cardigan with rib eyelet:


Here is a shawl that I did and can't wait to do another one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45487177@N08/4724959121/

I can't wait to do the cardigan again and may even make a couple of modifications (like making a little longer and less buttons).

And here is the shawl that I knitted for a test knit as well:


The last one is one called "Heartstrings"