Cappuccino Felted Bag Pattern

My Cappuccino Felted Bag pattern uses reverse Fair Isle patterning to form a series of textured ridges, which separate graphic strips of ‘right way round’ Fair Isle. The 'Right and Wrong Side' Fair Isle stitch pattern is knitted in Blacker Yarns Pure Ryeland Aran Wool (Aran weight, 100% wool, 70m/76yds per 50g ball). To make the bag, you will need 4 x 50g balls of Dark Brown and 2 x 50g balls of Cream.

Cappuccino Felted Bag
© Emma Vining

Leather handles complete the smart look. The handles shown here are leather piped 18inch bag handles in shade 'Dk Choc', available from U-handbag.com.

Cappuccino Felted Bag
© Emma Vining

The Cappuccino bag is knitted in one piece and felted in the washing machine after sewing up. Felting gives the bag a lovely soft look and feel. After felting, the bag measures approximately 29cm wide and 30cm long.

Cappuccino Felted Bag
© Emma Vining

Cappuccino is now available in my Ravelry Store. The pattern was first published as a 'subscriber exclusive' in The Knitter Magazine, Issue 48.

Little Sunsets Scarf Pattern

My Little Sunsets Scarf pattern is now available from my Ravelry Store. Little Sunsets is knitted in four different shades of lace weight yarn from Rowan, Debbie Bliss and Manos del Uruguay. The colour combination of these lovely yarns reminds me of a beautiful sunset at the end of a summer’s day. 

Little Sunsets Scarf
Pattern and Photo By Emma Vining

The scarf is knitted lengthwise, using short row shaping to make the little sunsets in pink and red. The borders and stripes have a row of grey eyelets set between black garter stitch ridges. The pattern uses 20-25g/ 160-200m of each lace weight yarn shade. Detailed yarn information can be found on my Ravelry page.

Little Sunsets Scarf
Pattern and Photo By Emma Vining

I really like the reverse side too as the colours blend so well together and the lines of eyelets form beautiful waves.

Little Sunsets Scarf Reverse Side
Pattern and Photo By Emma Vining

Little Sunsets Scarf
Pattern and Photo By Emma Vining

Little Sunsets is part of a collection of scarf designs that use short row shaping to create 'pops' of colour. My Little Suns scarf pattern, which was published in the Knitter Magazine, Issue 47, uses two shades of Malabrigo Lace yarn to make bright yellow suns set in a blue sky.

The Mendocino Yarn Shop

The Mendocino Yarn Shop is a very friendly and wonderfully stocked yarn shop in the picturesque Northern Californian Coastal town of Mendocino. Both the shop and the town are an absolute delight to visit.

Mendocino Yarn Shop on Albion Street
Photo by Emma V

This yarn shop has so many different yarns in such a wonderful selection of weights and shades that it took me some moments to get orientated!

Lots of yarn
Photo by Emma V

More yarn!
Photo by Emma V

Buttons too!
Photo by Emma V

Luckily I had done some planning and was looking for Aran or chunky weight yarn to knit my curves and corners scarf. In the end I decided on Pasea by Plymouth Yarn and I will post the results shortly!

Pasea by Plymouth Yarn
Photo taken at Mendocino Headlands by Emma V

I enjoyed my visit so much that I returned the next day to purchase some lovely northern Californian Brittany knitting needles (almost have all of the sizes, but not quite!). This wonderful bright green lace weight Silky Alpaca yarn by Classic Elite Yarns had already caught my eye. Can't wait to design a pattern for the two 100g balls I bought. 

Silky Alpaca by Classic Elite Yarns
Photo taken at Point Cabrillo Light Station by Emma V