Category: Pattern Design

Alconleigh: A new Knit for a Cold Climate

December 11, 2014

Alconleigh is my new design for the Knits for a Cold Climate collection a collaboration with Susan Crawford and Karie Westermann for the Susan Crawford Vintage label. Following on the heels of Nancy, Clemmie, Asthall and Noblesse Oblige, the collection is really coming together and there are still more exciting new designs in the works. When discussing Knits for a Cold Climate with Susan I knew I wanted to design a hat. After all during … More Alconleigh: A new Knit for a Cold Climate

The Lewth Shawl

November 3, 2014

Lewth is Dorset dialect for ‘shelter’ or ‘warmth’ and that is certainly what this shawl offers. A wide V shaped shawl knitted from side to side, it uses double knitting yarn. Starting with a few stitches you increase until you get to the mid point then you start decreasing. This makes it ideal if you want to use up every last bit of yarn – weigh your yarn at the start, stop increasing when you’re half way through … More The Lewth Shawl

Askew, as needs must…

October 31, 2014

I’m pleased to finally be in the position to release Askew, a fun beanie or slouchy hat sized through from baby to adult male. The design process for Askew was certainly out of line with the way I usually approach my designs. I had been asked to knit a hat for my young nephew and did so, knitting him a Mimizan. My partner was going to visit and take it with him. With about 36 hours … More Askew, as needs must…

Introducing ‘Clemmie’, A new pattern for the Susan Crawford Vintage Label

October 9, 2014

The Clemmie drape is my first pattern for the Knits for a Cold Climate collection under the Susan Crawford Vintage label.   Knits for a Cold Climate is inspired by Nancy Mitford’s most famous novel, “Love in a Cold Climate”, and is a collection of single patterns all inspired by Nancy, her novels, her life and her family. Nancy was one of the original “Bright Young Things” – a group of decadent and bohemian socialites … More Introducing ‘Clemmie’, A new pattern for the Susan Crawford Vintage Label

Hawserlaid

March 13, 2014

I’m pleased to announce that my pattern Hawserlaid has been included in this years Scarves Collection from Quince & Co. appropriately named ‘Scarves Etc. 2014’. Hawserlaid is a wide shallow triangular shawl knitted from tip to tip or wing to wing, increasing, then decreasing as you go. The stitch pattern is a travelling rib that is worked asymmetrically across the shawl. The sample is knitted in Quince & Co.’s Tern yarn, a beautiful fingering/4ply wool/silk … More Hawserlaid