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With our carefully curated selection of non-superwash, plastic-free yarns and notions, we have everything you need to get started on your next project - and the one after that.
Here's to a wardrobe of knits we love and want to wear for years to come!
We're here to help you stitch sustainability into every aspect of your making.
With our carefully curated selection of non-superwash, plastic-free yarns and notions, we have everything you need to get started on your next project - and the one after that.
Here's to a wardrobe of knits we love and want to wear for years to come!
March 25, 2020 4 min read
It's finally here - Issue 3 is live, and we could not be more excited to share it with you! To celebrate, we thought it would be fun to explore some of the designs in Issue 3, exploring their journey from swatch to finished sample.
Issue 3 centres around the theme of Growth and our designers have been kind enough to share a few words about how this influenced their work, and where else they draw inspiration.
"I draw inspiration from my Nordic heritage and minimalistic Scandinavian design. I love creating timeless classics, because knitting is a slow process, so I want to make sure what I create is worth the effort. For this design I was playing around with the contrast between simple and complicated: How simple ribbing turns into lace and the contrasts between knit and purl rows, or complicated lace and simple rows of eyelets.
I wanted to create a triangular shawl that is started at the wider side and worked until the peak of the shawl. This way all the hard (and fun) work is done at first and the rows become shorter, quicker and easier as the shawl grows (kind of like with top down pullovers, you do the yoke first and then the rest is just smooth sailing).
The beginning of the shawl is knitted with twisted rib followed by a Japanese lace inspired section of triangular motifs and fan lace. I see little mountain peaks and flowing water in the lace pattern. After the lace border the rest of the shawl is knitted in elongated garter stitch with stripes of eyelet lace. I like adding tassels or pompoms to the corners of the shawl I knit to add them some extra length and movement. I enjoyed working with Garthenor number 1, because of its natural rustic feel and good stitch definition."
"When I design knitwear most of the times the inspiration comes from certain construction, technique or pattern. When I was designing Espalier pullover I was carried away by slip stitch colourwork technique. I wanted to create a good fitting garment where all the attention is drawn to the colourwork parts on sleeves and body. This technique creates an illusion of a lace layered on top of the main knit fabric."
I tried to make sure I only used as many nupps as the average knitter would actually enjoy making. They are an essential element of many Estonian lace designs, but are often skipped because they are a challenge to knit. My advice? Sharp pointy needles and keeping a relaxed gauge!"
"My name is Valentina and I live in Trieste (Italy) with my husband Paolo, my two sons Leonardo and Riccardo, and our cats Strudel and Alex: I spend most of my time designing my patterns and teaching people how to knit.
My dear grandmother taught me how to knit when I was a little girl; she helped form my taste in knitwear and even today she continues to be a source of inspiration for me. She taught me to love knitting, fairytales and good food!
In designing my patterns I always try to achieve clean lines with little details that make the difference."
"Pale Shelter was inspired by the idea of creating pockets of stillness and calm in our lives, a cocoon in the form of a sweater. It's a top-down seamless A-line sweater featuring biased front and back panels that hang from a classic round yoke. The sleeves can either be worked as slim or bishop sleeves. A set of short rows is worked to elongate the back and a series of decreases and increases and shape the cocoon from the underarm to the waist for the back to widen and embrace the body like a big hug.
Also, this was the first time I submitted a design to a magazine. I was very hesitant at first since I'm a tech editor and felt very insecure to put my personal work and designs out there. But I am so happy that I went with my gut and jumped at this opportunity. It is quite the irony that a cocoon of a sweater helped me break mine, step out of my comfort zone and venture the world!"
"For Northbound, I wanted to explore the idea of Growth from the concept of having space in which to grow. Glasshouses were an early inspiration, as was the idea of comfort - being comfortable in your own skin and having the mental and physical space to grow.
This led me to boxy shapes that give freedom to move but paired with cosy details like a tapered arm and shawl collar. My on-going love of twisted stitches gave me the all-over texture I was looking for, but by separating the columns, I could also give the design its own space to grow."
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March 11, 2024 1 min read 2 Comments
Hello lovelies!
I am back today with a slightly unusual post that starts with a big, big apology to Liza Laird. Liza is a wonderful author (you might know her book Yoga of Yarn), knitter, teacher and yogi, and we were supposed to publish her beautiful poem "in and out", inspired by the ocean, in our Issue 11, "Seashore".
While I was putting the final touches on our layout, I realized that we had a spread too many (we always print in increments of 4 pages, or 2 spreads) and inadvertently cut the spread with Liza's poem instead of the photo spread I meant to delete.
February 14, 2024 4 min read
Hi lovelies! I kind of completely dropped the ball on putting FO posts out there, but as you all very kindly let me know through our "what do you want to read on the blog" survey, you actually really like them, so we have some catching up to do!
We're starting with two FOs that have actually quite recently only been finished – if by recently we mean the end of 2023. They're both from Issue 10, and were both a delight to knit!
February 06, 2024 13 min read
Hi lovelies! I am so delighted to welcome our second double-digit magazine issue into the Making Stories family: Issue 11, Seashore! Our Spring 2024 issue features 12 wonderful, layerable, delightful-to-knit patterns that are fabulous on beach days, a stroll through the park, or a day out with the kids.
We also welcome Liza Laird with a beautiful poem about our relationship to the ocean to our pages.
You can preorder Issue 11 now through us or one of our fabulous stockists – or you subscribe to the magazine which gives you 15% off Issues 11 and 12 and early access to our magazine yarns!
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