Posted in Fair Isle Patterns on April 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Isn’t this yoke sweater beautiful? I love the modern colors, with a soft mossy green, and accent colors of cream, sky blue and taupie brown, sort of Amy Butler inspired, romantic, vintage, feminine. I learned from my Designing Knitwear book that this particular neckline is called a “wide portrait neckline.” I hope to make a yoke sweater one [...]
Posted in Lessons Learned! on April 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
With my JoAnn’s 50% off coupon in hand I found a little gem of a book that I really enjoyed reading over the week, Designing Knitwear by Deborah Newton. The book offers a really interesting perspective on how professional knitwear designers work behind the scenes to develop new sweater designs. I was surprised to learn that [...]
Posted in Fair Isle Patterns on April 25, 2007 | No Comments »
I never really could get very excited about knitting black and white designs even though I love the beauty of the patterns, until I saw these sweaters in Susanne Pagoldh’s Nordic Knitting (my treasure find of the week). The sweater to the left with the large white section on the bottom really makes this design [...]
Posted in Fair Isle Patterns on April 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
After spending alot of time researching patterns from all the usual sources, I would have thought that there would be too many wonderful designs to choose from, and while it is true, there are many good ones out there, I still have this urge to design my own. If you look at ready wear knits from Dale [...]
Posted in Fair Isle Patterns on April 25, 2007 | No Comments »
I love to research technique to learn all the various ways in which knitters constructed sweaters with two color knitting. This week I’ve treated myself to a copy of Susan Pagoldh’s Nordic Knitting from a local library thanks to worldcat.org. Out of all the sweaters in the book, this garment by far stands out to me as [...]
Posted in Fair Isle Patterns on April 25, 2007 | No Comments »
I finally managed to track down a copy of Susanne Pagoldh’s Nordic Knitting (1987, Interweave Press) hoping that it might clear up a few mysteries or add more knowledge to my toolkit of growing ideas. I had heard through the knitter’s grapevine that a lovely Kornas Sweater could be found in this book and sure enough [...]
Posted in Fair Isle Patterns on April 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A little more about me, I grew up with an aunt who loved to knit and made it her calling to give all the cousins in our family their own Christmas stocking. I self elected myself into taking over the baton to make the next generation’s stockings to keep up the tradition but I really didn’t get [...]
Posted in Fair Isle Patterns on April 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Anny Blatt is one of my favorite designers and this is one of my favorites from her design collection. Her design books are equally impressive with all color charts showing increases in pattern. But most if not all are created for flat knitting. I am inspired by this design to think about what is possible with [...]
Posted in Fair Isle Patterns on April 21, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m always on the lookout for Fair Isle yoke sweater patterns (this one from Debbie Bliss). You could say I’m a collector. Elizabeth Zimmerman’s seamless yoke sweater was the first pattern I found and I am still afraid to follow it! I am not quite an intuitive knitter yet but would love to give the Ann [...]
Posted in Musings on April 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Every artist has their medium and while mine has changed over time and keeps evolving, today I can’t think of anything more beautiful and satisfying than Fair Isle. I have come to appreciate the patience, skill, and dedication required to make this art form seem effortless and flawless, with every single stitch carefully added from a painter’s pallette into a [...]
