Thursday 24 December 2015

Fenchurch Cardigan in the Knitter Issue 93

My copy of The Knitter Magazine has arrived and I am over the moon to see my Fenchurch Cardigan on the front cover! The stunning photos by the Knitter Magazine show the bold lines and texture of my design in beautiful detail.

Fenchurch Cardigan by Emma Vining
Photo by The Knitter Magazine 
Fenchurch is inspired by modern urban architecture. I have used wrapped stitch ladders to create bold lines. I love the way the wrapped stitch sections change the shape of the cast on edge at the beginning of the panels. The textured sections are knitted in moss stitch. To keep the tension of the sections even, the moss stitch section is worked in short rows. 

Fenchurch Cardigan by Emma Vining
Photo by The Knitter Magazine
I particularly like designing (and knitting!) cardigans where the button band is knitted as part of the fronts and Fenchurch fits the bill with this integral moss stitch band. Shaping for the neck is worked in a line of decreases that follow on from the first wrapped stitch ladder. This enhances the wide neckband and the moss stitch upper body.

Fenchurch Cardigan by Emma Vining
Photo by The Knitter Magazine 
The optional belt features two wrapped stitch ladders with a moss stitch centre section. The cuffs are made in a similar way and added after the sleeves are complete.

Fenchurch Cardigan by Emma Vining
Photo by The Knitter Magazine
Fenchurch is knitted in Cascade 220 Aran, 100% Peruvian Highland wool. The lovely blue shade is Marine, 8339. 

2 comments:

  1. How exactly do you do the W3 stitch?

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    1. Hello Carrie,
      Thanks for getting in touch.
      W3 is my abbreviation for 'wrap the next 3 stitches'. I use this technique on right side rows to make the long lines of wrapped stitches in my Fenchurch Cardigan.
      The W3 wraps do not involve turning the work or slipping the stitches between the needles. This W3 wrap makes a loop of yarn around a group of 3 stitches.
      The way I have knitted the W3 instruction is as follows:
      Work to the W3 instruction in the pattern.
      1. Insert the needle from front to back in the space between the 3rd and 4th stitch on the left hand needle.
      2. Pull a loop of yarn through the space and put this loop onto the left hand needle.
      3. Knit the loop and the first stitch on the left hand needle together.
      4. Knit the next two stitches.
      On wrong side rows, purl these 3 stitches.
      Hope this information helps. Please let me know how you get on.

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