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soon to be . . . aidan

WINNERS! Oops! We forgot to announce the winners on the 10th.  They are:  Jackie & Liesa! GIVEAWAY in celebration of our 1st birthday, we’ll be giving away the Aidan pattern to 2 randomly selected people who leave us a comment on our blog! winners announced July 10 . . .  one of our designers is expecting in the fall, and whipped up this baby blanket for the baby boy tumbling around inside of her.  she hasn’t as yet figured out a name for her child,…

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x o x o x o

is that the winter chill we feel? or is it love in the air!  we designed hugs + kisses as a one skein cashmere neckwarmer featuring a fresh and bold XO pattern. each letter measures approximately 2” square and pops out against the reverse stockinette background. knit one to express the romance of late winter.

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sweet and sophie

sophie is a ladylike peter pan collar necklace, luxuriously knit with our worsted weight cashmere. tie one on to channel your inner twiggy or is it alexa chung these days? sophie is knit using just 7g of cashmere — great for using up leftover yarn and as a very last minute knitted gift. sophie is free with the purchase of 1 skein of qualità cashmere.  just write “sophie” in the comments box and we’ll send you a hardcopy of the pattern.  there’s no need to…

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quinn for guys + gals

there’s something about the classic herringbone pattern, named after the bone pattern of the herring fish, that we find so beguiling. it’s modern, striking and timeless all at the same time.  over the weekend, we whipped up quinn, a two-toned herringbone scarf, that looks dashing on both guys and gals.

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natty nathan

Nathan dropped his favorite vest into the wash by accident, and when all was said and done, it came out shriveled like a prune and about 5 sizes too small. bizarrely enough, a simple men’s vest matching Nathan’s specifications is rather hard to find in stores these days.  we decided to knit him a replacement, using our luxurious cashmere.

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eloquent elif

we named Elif after a literary friend of ours who weaved together a blindingly brilliant and hysterically funny novel about growing Turkish in American and researching Russian literature as a chosen profession.  somehow she lyrically pieces together and achieves a mesmerizing eloquence about all her disparate and chaotic life experiences. with that in mind,  when dreaming up Elif we mixed together wavy lines, trapezoids, squares, dew drops, textural lace patterns and color in a way that speaks to us. we like to think of Elif…

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