Author: Carol

Happy Thanksgiving! Pumpkin pie makes everything right! Well, maybe not, but this Pinterest search of beautiful pumpkin pies is a delight for the eyes – even if you don’t like them or can’t eat them.

Our e-Book is now complete with the addition of Sue McCain’s Holyrood Hooded Scarf. Inspired by the Outlander books and TV series, Sue says:

I pictured Claire racing across the lonely, windswept moors on horseback, dressed warmly against the elements, in colors that come straight out of the moor itself.

In honor of Claire and Jamie’s visit to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh (a must-see if you’re ever there), I’ve called the hooded scarf Holyrood. The twisted stitch pattern used in the hood is vaguely reminiscent of both mullioned windows seen in ancient buildings all over the United Kingdom, and the arched window frames seen in the ruins of Holyrood Abbey, after which the palace was named. Holyrood Abbey took its name from Holy Rood, which is thought to refer to a relic of the True Cross; bisecting the diamonds in this stitch pattern are horizontal and vertical lines which create a repeating cross motif. The oversized hood keeps out the rain and mist, and allows Claire to hide deep in the hood when she wants to pass unknown through the countryside, and the long scarf tethers the hood securely so can push it back to welcome the warmth of the sunshine on her face. The stitch patterns on the coat and hood are different so that they’re not matchy-matchy, yet they complement one another well.

Technicolor: Movie Night is a collection of eight designs by four designers – Sue McCain, Knit Eco Chic, Christine Guest, and myself – and it is available on Payhip and Ravelry. Individual patterns may be purchased from the independent designers around December 4th or 5th.

Technicolor: Movie Night lookbook:

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Photo credit: each designer unless otherwise noted.

We’re so excited to offer this collection to you!! It was a delight to work on it, to come up with these designs, and to see it all come together. I’m looking forward to our next one: the collaboration forces me to hone my craft, I learn so much from the other designers, and we have a lot of fun in the process!!

I haven’t participated in a large multi-designer craft-a-long since 2020, so I’m very excited to be joining the Fasten Off Yarn-a-Long (FOYAL) this year. This is an off-Ravelry event, which means that designers offer their patterns on at least one platform that is not Ravelry. There are games, discounts, lots of prizes, and of course, lots of admiring each other’s projects. Last year, there were 109 designers – so there should be many patterns from which to choose. The FOYAL starts November 24th. I’ll be sharing more deets about it shortly before it starts. I hope you’ll consider joining. I’d love to see some familiar faces there!!

Have some pumpkin pie for me – or whatever it is that is your favorite treat. All the best to you and yours.

xoxo

Carol

Technicolor: Movie Night

Pattern VII: Rannoch Moor Swing Coat by Sue McCain

In Sue’s own words:

The Rannoch Moor Swing Coat was named for a boggy moorland of about 50 squares miles located in the Scottish Highlands. It’s lonely, desolate, and stunningly beautiful, and a place I want to revisit in every season. The coat is long enough and wide enough at the bottom edge that it covers the saddle and keeps you warm as you ride [Sue is a horsewoman]. The twisted knit panels that run down the front and back are textural evocations of cables and Scottish plaid.

A close-up of the twisted knit stitch:

Technicolor: Movie Night is a collection of eight designs by four designers and is being offered in a staggered release.

Today, and prior to next week’s release, the entire collection is $36.66. The price increases incrementally each week, ending with a final selling price of $40.  No matter when you purchase the collection, you will own the entire e-book as each new pattern is added (updates will be sent to you as each new pattern is added). Next week we’ll add the final installment, Sue’s Holyrood Hooded Scarf.

The e-book is available on Payhip and Ravelry.

Individual patterns may be purchased from the independent designers about two weeks after the complete collection has been released (in December).

Just a note that three of the patterns were included in the Technicolor: Matinee collection and are already available individually.  Those patterns are my Calla Lily Wrap, Knit Eco Chic’s On the Set, and Sue McCain’s Holyrood Hooded Scarf (link goes to Ravelry).  

We’re so excited to offer this collection with you!!  Grab it this week for a still-great deal – and enjoy!

xoxo

Carol

Part I: the Hollywood and Vine Shawl:

Part II: Calla Lily Wrap:

Part III: Sylvia of ELF

Part IV: Sylvia Got Promoted

Part VI: On the Set

Part VI: On the Silver Screen

Technicolor: Movie Night

Pattern V: On the Set

On the Set is a long (90 in.) skinny (4 in.) scarf by Knit Eco Chic. It features the same cable stitch used in the first four patterns of the e-book, with a lacy twist. Knit in 100% silk Malabrigo Moro in the beautiful colorway Sabiduria, this scarf is a lovely accessory for fall, winter, spring – and possibly summer!

Pattern VI: On the Silver Screen

On the Silver Screen is Lindsay’s garment contribution to the e-book. It is written so that On the Set can be incorporated into it and function as a collar/tie. How clever is that?! This construction really shows off the cables. It can be made with sleeves or sleeveless.

Technicolor: Movie Night is a collection of eight designs by four designers and is being offered in a staggered release.

Next week’s release, Part VII, by Sue McCain, takes a step away from our now-familiar cable motif and uses a twisted stitch motif that was one of the three stitch patterns from which our designers could choose. It is a lovely piece as well!

Today, and prior to next week’s release, the entire collection is $33.33. The price increases incrementally each week, ending with a final selling price of $40.  No matter when you purchase the collection, you will own the entire e-book as each new pattern is added (updates will be sent to you as each new pattern is added).

The e-book is available on Payhip and Ravelry.

Individual patterns may be purchased from the independent designers about two weeks after the complete collection has been released (in December).

Just a note that three of the patterns were included in the Technicolor: Matinee collection and are already available individually.  Those patterns are my Calla Lily Wrap, Knit Eco Chic’s On the Set, and Sue McCain’s Holyrood Hooded Scarf (link goes to Ravelry).  

We’re so excited to offer this collection with you!!  Grab it this week for a still-great deal – and enjoy!

xoxo

Carol

Part I: the Hollywood and Vine Shawl:

Part II: Calla Lily Wrap:

Part III: Sylvia of ELF

Part IV: Sylvia Got Promoted

The fourth pattern is added to Technicolor: Movie Night!!

Sylvia Got Promoted is another stunning design by Christine Guest.  From Christine:

“Silvia Got Promoted, so what should her uniform look like? How about a sweater the cape can button onto?

But what about hot days? Like when Siliva is on patrol in a Greenhouse? Well, the cape, collar, tabs, buttons and shorter button band will fit into her Silvia needs a Bag, and her sweater will still look official, because it has a cabled yoke too!

I made the sample for my daughter’s size, because it meant a whole lot less yarn support yarn to ask for, but the pattern is graded for sizes 32, 40, 53, 61, 68 inches, 80, 100, 133, 153, 170 cm at the bust.”

The magic of the two Sylvia designs is that they can be worn together. How great is this?!? Cape and sweater combined through the use of linked buttons.

Or with the detachable collar and tabs:

Technicolor: Movie Night is a collection of eight designs by four designers and is being offered in a staggered release.

Today, and prior to next week’s release, the entire collection is $26.66. The price increases incrementally each week, ending with a final selling price of $40.  No matter when you purchase the collection, you will own the entire e-book as each new pattern is added (updates will be sent to you as each new pattern is added).

The e-book is available on Payhip and Ravelry.

Individual patterns may be purchased from the independent designers about two weeks after the complete collection has been released (in December).

Just a note that three of the patterns were included in the Technicolor: Matinee collection and are already available individually.  Those patterns are my Calla Lily Wrap, Knit Eco Chic’s On the Set, and Sue McCain’s Holyrood Hooded Scarf (link goes to Ravelry).  

We’re so excited to offer this collection with you!!  Grab it this week for a great deal and enjoy!

xoxo

Carol

Part I: the Hollywood and Vine Shawl:

Part II: Calla Lily Wrap:

Part III: Sylvia of ELF

Today the third pattern is added to Technicolor: Movie Night!!

Sylvia of ELF by Christine Guest is a gorgeous cabled capelet with absolutely stunning details!  It is knit bottom up, with separate button band, button tabs, collar and linked buttons.  K-dramas and fantasy comprised the movie inspiration for Christine.

The magical ingredient, linked buttons, allow for multiple wearing combinations of the capelet. The collar can be attached or not, the buttons can be attached at the neck or not without the collar. The capelet can be attached with the button band, the tabs or both at the same time. If the linked buttons are made with two buttons, there are even more ways to wear the capelet!

Technicolor: Movie Night is a collection of eight designs by four designers and is being offered in a staggered release.

Today, and prior to next week’s release, the entire collection is $23.33. The price increases incrementally each week, ending with a final selling price of $40.  No matter when you purchase the collection, you will own the entire e-book as each new pattern is added (updates will be sent to you as each new pattern is added).

The e-book is available on Payhip and Ravelry.

Individual patterns may be purchased from the independent designers about two weeks after the complete collection has been released (in December).

Just a note that three of the patterns were included in the Technicolor: Matinee collection and are already available individually.  Those patterns are my Calla Lily Wrap, Knit Eco Chic’s On the Set, and Sue McCain’s Holyrood Hooded Scarf (link goes to Ravelry).  

We’re so excited to offer this collection with you!!  Grab it this week for a great deal and enjoy!

xoxo

Carol

Part I: the Hollywood and Vine Shawl:

Part II: Calla Lily Wrap:

Today the second pattern is added to Technicolor: Movie Night!!

Calla Lily is an elegant cabled wrap, inspired by Art Deco fashion, which flourished in the 1930s and earlier.  In madcap comedies like Bringing Up Baby, elegant accessories reigned, whether the characters were larking it up on the golf course or traipsing around the countryside.  Wear it draped over one shoulder Katharine Hepburn-style or clasped around the neck.

This triangular wrap is knit flat, bottom-up and sideways, with increases worked along one edge only.  The cable is fun and interesting to work, and the rest of the wrap is worked in garter stitch.

Technicolor: Movie Night is a collection of eight designs by four designers, and is being offered in a staggered release.

Today, and prior to next week’s release, the entire collection is $20. The price increases incrementally each week, ending with a final selling price of $40.  No matter when you purchase the collection, you will own the entire e-book as each new pattern is added (updates will be sent to you as each new pattern is added).

The e-book is currently available on Payhip and Ravelry.

Individual patterns may be purchased from the independent designers about two weeks after the complete collection has been released (in December).

Just a note that three of the patterns were included in the Technicolor: Matinee collection and are already available individually.  Those patterns are my Calla Lily Wrap, Knit Eco Chic’s On the Set, and Sue McCain’s Holyrood Hooded Scarf (link goes to Ravelry).  

We’re so excited to offer this collection with you!!  Grab it this week for the best deal, and enjoy!

xoxo

Carol

Part I: the Hollywood and Vine Shawl:

Technicolor: Movie Night, a designers’ collection, is here!!

The first pattern in the collection is my Hollywood and Vine Shawl.

The intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood first became known in the 1920s for its concentration of radio and movie-related businesses. In fact, the Hollywood Walk of Fame is centered on the intersection.  You could say that the inspiration for the Hollywood and Vine Shawl is filmmaking itself, the use of costume and fabric to create beauty, style, and the very look of a film.

Hollywood and Vine is a large structured shawl measuring approximately 65 x 47 x 40 inches.  Worked bottom up in DK weight yarn, a central cabled panel is bedecked by a lacy, vining background echoing the leafy central motif.  An edging that picks up textural details from the body of the shawl frames and finishes the piece. Complete instructions are provided in both written and charted formats.

I absolutely love the lifted yarnover knot stitch – it’s very fun to work, and beautiful, as well!  It creates a sort of faux cable, and is used in both the Leaf and Vine section and the knitted on border.

Technicolor: Movie Night is a collection of eight designs by four designers, and is being offered in a staggered release.

The price of the collection increases incrementally each week, ending with a final selling price of $40.  No matter when you purchase the collection, you will own the entire e-book as each new pattern is added (updates will be sent to you as each new pattern is added).

The e-book is currently available on Payhip and Ravelry.

Individual patterns may be purchased from the independent designers about two weeks after the complete collection has been released (in December).

Just a note that three of the patterns were included in the Technicolor: Matinee collection and are already available individually.  Those patterns are my Calla Lily Wrap, Knit Eco Chic’s On the Set, and Sue McCain’s Holyrood Hooded Scarf (link goes to Ravelry).  

I am so excited to finally be able to share this design and this collection with you!!  Enjoy!

xoxo

Carol

Photos by Elizabeth Zimmerman of Western Rose Studios.