It’s finished, it’s finished! Check out my new favourite layering piece, the Transom Cardigan by Carol Feller from MDK Field Guide No. 14: Refresh!
Read moreRefreshing with the Transom Cardigan
I can’t stop working on my Transom Cardigan. Image © Jesse Wild
I have been reunited with my Transom Cardigan WIP* (designed by Carol Feller for Field Guide No. 14 Refresh) and it is fabulous! I started eyeing up this cardi as soon as the collection was released last year. Every time I packed an order of Nua I would look at the range and daydream about what colour mine would be. It wasn’t until November, when we ran the Bringing Joy KAL that I actually got as far as casting on.
Read moreI want to knit all the cardigans!
My Conviviality Cardigan from Something to Knit Together is well underway, and oh am I loving it. Cardigans do very heavy duty in my wardrobe, and I know I’m going to wear this one lots. And this particular cardigan has a few things going for it that make an extra pleasurable knit in my book.
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The very early morning view across our local park last week.
The transition from winter to spring seems particularly noticeable this year. We are spending more time in our garden, and I’m taking time to notice the changes in the shrubs and trees while I slog my way around the park getting my early morning exercise. Our experiences of early 2020 will vary enormously, but nature is continuing to do its thing regardless.
It seems particularly apt that the latest Mason-Dixon Field Guide should launch today with the theme “Refresh” – focussing on seasonal transition and the perfect knitting to accompany that change. Field Guide No. 14 Refresh contains four beautiful patterns from our great friend, Carol Feller.
Read moreHow to Work a Tubular Cast Off (Video Tutorial)
Carol Feller’s Flying Leaves Scarf begins with a two-colour Italian cast on, and the tubular cast off provides a perfect match for finishing the project off! In this video tutorial, Jen shows you how to work this clever sewn cast off, which is also sometimes known as the grafted cast off.
Read moreAn Interview with Carol Feller
This month’s Boost Your Knitting pattern is the fabulous Flying Leaves Scarf by Carol Feller, which introduces how to make a knitted brioche fabric and how to work brioche increases and decreases. Carol is based in Cork, Ireland and is a knitwear designer and teacher with a background in structural engineering. Her unique designs have been widely published in books and magazines, and she also has taught at yarn shops and fibre festivals around the world. Carol was kind enough to catch up with me a few weeks ago and share a little more about the Flying Leaves Scarf, top tips for brioche knitting, and her gorgeous yarn, Nua, which is featured in this month’s pattern and a new addition to the A-C Knitwear Shop
Read moreThe two-colour Italian Cast-On Method (A Video Tutorial)
September’s Boost Your Knitting project is chockablock with new techniques to try (fitting given that, for many of, September is synonymous with back to school!) Today, Jen shows us how to work the Italian two-colour cast on which Carol Feller uses to start the Flying Leaves Scarf.
Read moreBanishing Brioche Blues with the Flying Leaves Scarf
The first leaves are starting to turn, there’s a crispness in the air, the kids are heading back to school … all signs point to autumn’s arrival! With the start of a new season, it’s also time to embark on our September Boost Your Knitting project …. the aptly named Flying Leaves Scarf! This beautiful, reversible scarf designed by Carol Feller will not only keep you cosy as temperatures drop, it’ll teach us the finer points of working two-colour brioche!
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