we’re having a bit of a baroque embellished moment . . . and have accordingly fallen head over heels over this highly ornate scallop knitting pattern from an old knitting book. knit with our latest joie de cashmere yarn, jacqueline has just enough sparkle to be worn from day to evening. we’ve draped it around an evening gown . . . but it looks really chic paired with a rugged biker jacket! (we have one on order . . . so as soon as it…
baby monstaa / holiday elf has morphed into cupid for valentine’s day. . . he’s sporting some toasty booties topped with fun fun fun heart shaped pom poms. pattern coming soon . . . available here.
baby monstaa has stopped by the studio again, this time posing as a holiday elf! pattern and more photos below . . .
for fall, we channeled demeter, the greek goddess of the autumn harvest, who the ancients believed blessed the earth with a bountiful fall season. our demeter cowl features a large-scale repeating wheat sheaf motif – a recurring symbol of demeter’s mythology. demeter is knit on US15 needles with crème de cashmere, making it a speedy and sumptuous knit. It feels amazing too! the demeter pattern is free with the purchase of crème de cashmere yarn required to make this project. just write “demeter” in the…
keira is a sideways knit, dolman sleeve shrug made with cool-to-the-touch Real Pearl yarn. It’s almost like wearing a string of pearls around your arms and shoulders. The sleeves are knit in simple stockinette. The back, features a ripply, chevron lace pattern for a breezy elegance. keira is free with the purchase of the yarn required to make the project. just write “keira” in the comments box and we’ll send you a hardcopy of the pattern. there’s no need to add the pattern into your…
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,…
Autumn is over the long leaves that love us, And over the mice in the barley sheaves; Yellow the leaves of the rowan above us, And yellow the wet wild-strawberry leaves. – TS Eliot, The Falling of the Leaves
the celeste pattern is now available. we enlisted our friend Y to show the many ways in which celeste can be worn: open for a casual look, cinched around the waist with a belt, fastened with a pin, or draped around the shoulders. the celeste pattern is free with the purchase of Minkle yarn required to make this project. (note: we’re expecting a new shipment of Minkle any day now . . . dum dee dum dee dum . . . . )
What is it, that, from their faces fresh as spring, such fair, fresh, alert, first-flower faces, like lavender crocuses, snowdrops, like Roman hyacinths, scyllas and yellow-haired hellebore, jonquils, dim anemones, even the sulphur auriculas, flowers that come first from the darkness, and feel cold to the touch, flowers scentless or pungent, ammoniacal almost – DH Lawrence, Frost Flowers (written in Cornwall at the end of the bitter winter of 1916-1917)