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.
Pumpkin Pie Garland
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.
Photo by Avi C Dascaloff
Technicolor: Movie Nightis 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.
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.
Photo by Sue McCain
A close-up of the twisted knit stitch:
Photo by Sue McCain
Technicolor: Movie Nightis 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.
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!
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!
Photo by Lindsay Lewchuk
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.
Photo by Lindsay Lewchuk
Technicolor: Movie Nightis 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).
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!
We’re in full-blown pumpkin mode at our house right now. Pumpkins growing in the back yard. Pumpkins piling near the front stoop. Pumpkins at the yarn shop. Pumpkins at work. Pumpkins at play! And I’m totally loving it!
I made this Oh My Gourd using Yin Yang Yarn by Loop Fiber Studio in the colorway All That. The yarn is lovely to work with and comes in a variety of inverted marled colorways. All That is a beautiful pumpkin orange marled with black.
I love this gorgeous pumpkin by test knitter Linda. Those copper beads slay me! And the colors are so rich.
I also love this whimsical pumpkin made by test knitter Dimitra. She repurposed leftover bracelet beads from a three-year-old’s birthday party. Brilliant! I think the Pumpkin Fairy also visits her house. Proof: OMG: The Pumpkin Fairy!
I have made three very different looking pumpkins from the OMG pattern, the variables being yarn weight, beads chosen, and how much stuffing was used. The gourd shape requires less stuffing than the more traditionally round shaped pumpkins.
The OMG pattern is available on Payhip and on Etsy.
I am fairly sure that this is not my last beaded design. I’m already dreaming of incorporating beads into sweaters and shawls – and ooh! – long, beaded fingerless gloves!
Thank you for reading this post about pumpkins. I wish you all the fall vibes as we approach the weekend!
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.”
Photo by Christine Guest
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.
Photo by Christine Guest
Or with the detachable collar and tabs:
Photo by Christine Guest
Technicolor: Movie Nightis 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).
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!
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 Nightis 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).
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!
Today the second pattern is added to Technicolor: Movie Night!!
CallaLily 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.
Photo by Avi C. Dascaloff
Technicolor: Movie Nightis 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!
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 Nightis 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!
Technicolor: Movie Night, a designers’ collection, premieres next week!!
Technicolor: Movie Night is a collection of eight designs being released starting October 2, 2023. Four designers collaborated, choosing several stitch patterns in common, then each going her own way in designing knitwear based on one or more of those stitch patterns. Our inspiration was the movies – so many ways to go, so much to inspire!
Movie Night is being offered in a staggered release, as was last year’s precursor collection, Technicolor: Matinee.
On October 2, the entire collection is $20. The price increases weekly, ending with a final selling price of $40. No matter when you purchase the collection, you will own the whole e-book as each new pattern is added (updates will be sent to you as each new pattern is added). The collection will be available on Payhip and Ravelry.
Individual patterns may be purchased from the independent designers about two weeks after the complete collection has been released.
I do want you to know that three of the patterns were included in the Matinee collection and are already available individually. Those patterns are my Calla Lily Wrap, Knit Eco Chic’s On the Set (which cleverly works with her new design in this collection), and Sue McCain’s Holyrood Hooded Scarf (link goes to Ravelry), which was designed to work with her new design in Movie Night. Both of Christine Guest’s designs are brand new – and they work with each other and last year’s design.
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 cabled panel is decked on each side 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.
The designers participating in this collaboration, besides myself, are Lindsay Lewchuk, Christine Guest, and Sue McCain.Last year’s collection also included designs by Laura Patterson and Jill Wolcott. More details, photos, links, and more will follow in the coming weeks.
I was thrilled to be part of this lovely collection, and I hope you will join me at its premiere!!
Oh My Gourd has been a long time in the making. In August 2021, a long-standing pumpkin sculpture by Yoyoi Kusama was swept off a pier on the island of Naoshima by a tropical storm (story here). I was struck by the sheer size of the sculpture as well as the use of dots and their repetition to create a stunning piece of art. Pumpkins are a recurring theme of Yoyoi Kusama’s, and hers were an ongoing influence on my knit pumpkin designs. Finally, this year, I realized that I could use beads to emulate, in a small way, her sculptures.
Oh My Gourd can be knit in fingering weight or worsted weight yarn.
I ordered a variety of beads from Amazon. For the white pumpkin: 2 packages of skull beads and a black pearl bead kit with 4-12 mm beads. For the “bling” pumpkin: a 4mm bicone bead set and 2 packages of Rired 27 glass beads, one in purple and one in grey.
The “bling” pumpkin, made in fingering weight
I loaded the multi-colored bicone beads randomly and tried to coordiate the 8mm beads with the yarn color. I truly enjoyed working with the beads.
Beading was very zen and sort of addicting, so I’m happy that I now have a variety of beads on hand for future OMGs.
I am looking for a few beta testers for Oh My Gourd on Yarnpond. We have a quick turnaround for the beta testing, since it’s already fall. Experience with beads is also a bonus. If you are a Yarnpond member, this link will take you to the test: Oh My Gourd. If you are not yet a member, there is no charge to become one. Please apply soon, as there are only three spots available.
For those of you who’d like to go ahead and get started on your beautiful beaded pumpkin, the pattern is available here on Payhip and here on Etsy. You may find that you’ll fall down the rabbit hole of beaded knitting like I did!
I hope that you will enjoy the 2023 pumpkin! As always, please tag me on Instagram (@knitequalsjoy) with your finished pumpkins to participate in the Pumpkin Along or just to share your work with me!
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