Love of Lupins cowl
Love of Lupins cowl is the second design in my book Fair Isle Knitting and Design
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December 9, 2020
Tesserae fingerless mittens
Tesserae fingerless mittens are the first design from my book Fair Isle Knitting and Design.
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November 25, 2020
Fair Isle Knitting and Design – a brief guide
Fair Isle Knitting and Design is a comprehensive guide to stranded colourwork as practised by the knitters of Fair Isle and Shetland. It is for knitters who wish to learn or improve their stranded colourwork technique as well as those who would like to create their own patterns and colour combinations.
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July 21, 2020
Fair Isle Knitting and Design: an introduction
I'm excited to show you the cover of my book Fair Isle Knitting and Design. It is a comprehensive guide to stranded colourwork as practised by the knitters of Fair Isle and Shetland.
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May 13, 2020
Shetland Spindrift from Jamieson’s of Shetland
Shetland Spindrift from Jamieson's of Shetland is popular for Fair Isle knitting. It comes in a fantastic range of colours.
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December 19, 2019
© Knit Now Magazine 2017
Painterly shawl
Knit Now magazine has just been published the pattern for my Painterly shawl. It is a colourful asymmetric shawl. The colours and stitch patterns were inspired by brushstrokes in paintings by Van Gogh.
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October 24, 2017
The Fox with no name
The fox with no name was commissioned by a local library. They wanted a mascot featuring their logo, a foxes head.
March 30, 2016
The Mischa bag
The Knitter magazine has just published the pattern for my Mischa bag. Mischa features several slip stitch patterns in inky blues and earthy colours inspired by 1970s printed fabrics.
March 15, 2016
© Amy Gwatkin 2016
Striated cowl
© Amy Gwatkin 2016 Striated cowl Let me introduce Striated, which is about to be published in the Spring 2016 issue of Pompom Quarterly. Spring is my favourite season, but here in the UK, it can be a bit chilly. I wanted Striated to be light, but provide warmth when needed. So,…
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February 2, 2016
Fair Isle knitting is fantastic!
Last weekend I went to Abergavenny to teach some workshops at The Wool Croft. The Fantastic Fair Isle workshop took place on Saturday and Sunday. On the Saturday we worked in the exhibition space above The Art Shop; a beautiful 16th century building with original wood and limestone floors, and Victorian shop…
April 19, 2013