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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!
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!
Ocean Breeze is an intricate shawl implementing stitch designs that showcase traditional techniques, intertwined with modern Japanese lace. The shawl draws inspiration from vintage baby blankets and their soft flowing drape. Ocean Breeze attempts to modernise the lace featured in heirloom blankets with bobbles and a slip stitch garter ridge.
Ocean Breeze features yarn from Great Ocean Road Woollen Mill, proudly Australian Made using Australian-sourced superfine merino, suri and huacaya alpaca. The design pulls out the softness of superfine merino and marries it with the firm yet light texture of linen.
Bernadette Hassett
Great Ocean Road Woollen Mill La Bella Fingering & Summer Fiesta
This pattern is available in Making Stories Magazine Issue 10, Heirloom.
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
195 cm / 76.75” wide; 85 cm / 33.5” deep
YARN
Great Ocean Road Woollen Mill, La Bella Fingering (10% Alpaca/ 90% Merino; 400m/100g)
Great Ocean Road Woollen Mill, Summer Fiesta (70% Merino/ 30% Linen; 460m/100g)
MC: 590 metres / 645 yards
CC: 730 metres / 800 yards
Sample shown is knit in colourways La Bella Fingering in ‘Light Grey’ (MC) and Summer Fiesta in ‘Vintage Rose’ (CC).
NEEDLES
3 mm / US 2.5 circular needle with a cable length of at least 100 cm / 40” (or needle size to obtain gauge)
GAUGE
28 sts x 39 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (worked flat, in stockinette stitch, after blocking)
Gauge is not crucial for this pattern but will impact final measurements.
NOTIONS
• Blocking tools (blocking mats, t-pins, blocking wires)
• Crochet hook 3 mm / US D-3 for bobbles
• Darning needle
• Stitch markers
• Tape measure
CONTRIBUTORS
• Model: Hanna Lisa Haferkamp
• Photography: Melinda Dela Costa
• Tech Editing: Jessica Schwab
• Graphic Design: Camille Romano
Hands-down one of the best plant yarns on the market! Antigone is a sport-weight 100% linen yarn with a smooth and silky finish, perfect for summer tops, shirts and cardigans for layering. Linen likes to be washed (preferrably in the washing machine!) and worn and so your FOs will just get softer and softer over time.
Hands-down one of the best plant yarns on the market! Antigone is a sport-weight 100% linen yarn with a smooth and silky finish, perfect for summer tops, shirts and cardigans for layering. Linen likes to be washed (preferrably in the washing machine!) and worn and so your FOs will just get softer and softer over time.
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