The lovely folks at Quince & Co have described my Sargasso cardigan as a perfect juxtaposition of layered shapes and lines! I love this!
Sargasso is knitted in Quince & Co’s beautiful Owl yarn in two shades, Lagoon and Allagash. This lovely yarn has amazing stitch definition, perfect for the cardigan's curving cables, twisted stitches and garter stitch stripes.
© 2022 Quince & Co Photography: Regan Kenny
I’m really delighted that over the last few months several of my designs have been published in The Knitter Magazine!
Here’s a round-up of the patterns, starting with my Avebury Cardigan in the current Issue 182. The Natural History Museum in London is full of geometric, decorative details, and this design was inspired by one small wall section. The stitch pattern is knitted as a series of blocks placed next to each other, joining the zigzag cables and creating partial shapes. These shapes are separated by horizontal lines of reverse stocking stitch ridges. The cardigan is hip length, knitted flat from the bottom up and is knitted in Rowan's gorgeous Softyak DK yarn. The lovely yellow shade is called Jaune!
All images are from The Knitter Magazine and were taken by The Shed Photo Studio.
My contributor's copy of Glasgow University Knits has arrived and I am delighted that my "Though The Round Window" scarf is included in this excellent knitting pattern book!
I am really enjoying reading about all the designer's University inspirations for their beautiful patterns. The inspiration for my scarf is taken from the leaded circle details of the beautiful windows found throughout in the main building. This includes the Geography Department where I spent many happy hours studying for my degree!
For an excellent preview of the patterns take a look at this great video on YouTube and look out for my scarf displayed on the unicorn statue!
Glasgow University Knits is now available from the University Shop along with the University's own Cochno wool.
My Majolica sweater has just been published by the lovely folks at Quince & Co! I loved designing and knitting these textured tiled twisted stitch shapes and I am over the moon with the beautiful images of my design. Here is a lovely quote about Majolica from the Quince & Co website along with a selection of amazing photos taken by Regan Kenny!
If you would like to knit your own Majolica sweater, the pattern is available through Ravelry and the Quince & Co website, alongside the beautiful Phoebe yarn. Enjoy!
"Inspired by three different yet related shapes of tiles, designer Emma Vining presents a stunning textural pullover. The twisted stitch pattern consists of a series of linked knitted shapes with contrasting center and background textures. The lower band of the garment is worked in small circles on a checkerboard of textured squares. This pattern flows into the main section, where elongated ovals alternate between different lengths. Shown here in tonal-dyed Phoebe color Uranus, Majolica embraces all the fundamentals of art. It is truly a masterpiece."
All images
Majolica by Emma Vining
Knitted in Phoebe, color Uranus
© 2022 Quince & Co
Photographer: Regan Kenny
My Merrow Berries Shawl is now available to purchase on Ravelry, Payhip and LoveCrafts!
The Merrow Berries shawl is worked as a right angled triangle, knitted from tip to wide cast off. The outer shawl edges are knitted in garter stitch with the cast off edge worked in a picot pattern. The stitch pattern begins with a wrap stitch, which is knitted by drawing a loop of yarn through from the back of the work to the front, creating a small diagonal knitted line. In the second pattern section, this is extended with a large double-eyelet. The third pattern section includes textured garter stitch rows. All three sections of the shawl are visually linked by using the wrap-stitch throughout.
The shawl is knitted with one 100g ball of Rico Superba Premium Mouliné 4ply. However, the final rows of the pattern can be repeated as many times as required, making this an extremely versatile design that can be adapted and extended to suit the chosen yarn.
The Merrow Berries shawl was first published in August 2021 in Knit Now Magazine Issue 132.
Introducing my Mini Modernism Shawl! This lightweight shawl is knitted with two skeins of Garthenor Preseli yarn and this gorgeous light grey shade is called Flint.
The idea for this mini shawl began with my full size Modernism shawl pattern which is in my Crowood Press book, A Knitter’s Guide to Shawl Design.
I love wrapping myself in the large shawl (which is knitted in the fabulous raspberry shade of Garthenor Beacons DK) but I decided I’d also like lighter weight version that drapes across my shoulders and I’m delighted with the result!
If you would like to knit your own mini Modernism Shawl just follow the original pattern in my book until the shawl is 6 squares wide instead of the full-size 10 squares. When just under half of your available yarn has been used, you are at the halfway point of the shawl. Make a note of how many centre pattern repeats you have worked, then use your remaining yarn to knit the same number of repeats and complete the rest of the shawl!
Happy knitting!
The Little Wavelet Shawl is a smaller version of my full-size Wavelet Shawl and is specially designed for mini-skeins! The pattern is now available from the Irish Artisan Yarn website and from my Ravelry and Payhip stores.
Inspired by the long curve of a sandy beach, the shawl is constructed top-down, from across the back of the neck to the outer edge. After casting on a long centre section, the top border is worked in an eyelet pattern. This is followed by the crescent shape, which is created using short row shaping. The outer shawl section is inspired by multiple waves that ripple along the shoreline. The wave pattern is emphasised with reverse stocking stitch ridges and a stripe pattern.
The shawl is knitted in Irish Artisan Yarn (IAY) Hand-Dyed 4Ply Yarn (100% Superwash Merino, 80m/87 1⁄2yd per 20g mini-skein) and you will need 5 × 20g mini-skeins in 5 different shades.
This pattern requires a total of 100g/ 400m of yarn (5 x 20g mini skeins of 80m each or 1 x 100g skein of 400m). However, it is very adaptable to the available yarn!
If you have a little bit less yarn (eg approximately 90g in total), work fewer repeats of the border rows, making a slightly smaller shawl size.
If you have more yarn available (eg more than a total of 110g), you can make a larger shawl size by working additional repeats of the border rows.
Before casting on, decide your preferred colour order of mini-skeins and label as Shades A-E. Examples include dark to light; light to dark; random order. The shawl shown was knitted from darkest to lightest shade using five shades from the Irish Artisan Yarn Advent 2021.
I'm really delighted that my Bracken Vest is part of the Wildwood Collection in The Knitter Magazine Issue 177!
Saturday 11th June 2022 was World Wide Knit In Public Day and this year it just happened to co-incide with The Bath Knitting & Crochet Guild Regional Day. A perfect combination of knitting events!
The day was a lovely mix of workshops, discussions and talks. Super-talented designer Mary Henderson hosted a knitting clinic to answer knitting questions throughout the day and I so enjoyed our design discussions about colour and texture! Alice-Marie Archer's talk in the morning was extremely thought-provoking and I'm looking forward to hearing more about her fascinating research into knitting soilless cultivation forms using wool. There was a fantastic outdoor sculptural installation by Lou Baker, where everyone was welcome of spend some time knitting in public!
I was very honoured to be asked along as a speaker and, inspired by a chapter in my book A Knitter's Guide to Shawl Design, I decided to talk about shawl borders and edgings. Here are a few images of me in action, taken by my lovely friend Denise.
I took along several recent shawl designs to illustrate my talk. Here I am with my Ammonoid Shawl, knitted in Ullcentrum 2ply yarn from Midwinter Yarns. The shawl border shows off the amazing natural gradient shade! I'm also holding the two mini shawl samples that I knitted to test out the proportions of the design.
Another featured shawl was my Cholla Shawl, knitted in Walcot Yarns Opus in the stunning shade of Goldenrod. This shawl has a very subtle border. The top border stitch pattern is worked with a stocking stitch background, contrasting with the textured reverse stocking stitch background of the main pattern. I was holding the shawl opened out to show the whole pattern and when someone asked me how I would wear it, I was more than happy to wrap myself up in this gorgeously soft Opus yarn!
Many thanks to the Bath KCG Branch for inviting me! It was a fantastic day!
Knitting magazine issue 231 is full of beautiful designs celebrating the Pantone Colour of the Year “very peri” and I’m delighted that my Lavender Shawl is in this amazing issue!
My top-down triangular shawl is inspired by beautiful lavender flowers. Each lavender flower is knitted with a twisted stitch stem and eyelet flowers. The stem and flowers emerge from two small leaves and the pattern builds up from a single flower to a whole field!
The beautiful yarn is John Arbon Knit By Numbers 4ply in the delicate shade of KBN29.
In the great photos from Knitting magazine, my shawl has been styled with a beautiful top designed by Pat Menchini - a lovely combination!
I'm delighted to tell you that my Beachcomber Shawl pattern is now available in my Ravelry and Payhip designer stores! Beachcomber is knitted in the Birlinn Yarn Company's gorgeous Hebridean 4ply yarn in the stunning shade of Corn Marigold.
My shawl design is inspired by a tiny piece of seaweed washed up on a beautiful beach in the Outer Hebrides. The delicate seaweed motif is recreated in my knitting with twisted stitches and eyelets on a garter stitch background.
As well as this wonderful Corn Marigold shade, there are several more beautiful shades of The Birlinn Yarn Company's Hebridean 4ply and the Beachcomber Shawl would look amazing in any of them! Yarn kits are available through The Birlinn Yarn Company website. Also on the website, you will find both of my Crowood Press books for sale - A Knitter's Guide to Shawl Design and A Knitter's Sketchbook!
Beachcomber was first published in Knitting magazine 222 in September 2021.
I am so proud to be featured in The Knitter Magazine this month! My Hera cardigan is on the magazine cover and there is a full page review of my book, A Knitter's Guide to Shawl Design, on p34!
My feather-inspired cardigan design features delicate motifs on either side of the front bands and the centre of the back. The feathers are knitted using twisted stitches and are placed on a reverse stocking stitch background. The cardigan sides and sleeves are knitted in contrasting stocking stitch.
The gorgeous Fyberspates Vivacious DK yarn shows off this pattern perfectly and I particularly love this beautiful denim shade of blue.
Don't forget to take a look at page 34 for a lovely review of my book, A Knitter's Guide to Shawl Design!
Inspired by a beautiful stone wall on the coastal footpath near Silecroft Beach in Cumbria, my long, narrow crescent-shaped shawl is perfect for keeping cosy and warm during a leisurely walk! You can find the pattern in this month's Knitting magazine, issue 228. My shawl has been styled with another lovely pattern from this issue, the Vest Dress by Eline Oftedal - our cable and texture designs look so good together!
The different materials used to build the wall are represented in my drawing and by my textured cable pattern: smooth stocking stitch olds represent the larger stones, and an embedded twisted stitch pattern alternates between each large stone fold, representing the finer texture of other sections of the wall.
The Silecroft shawl is knitted with three skeins of gorgeous Cumbria yarn by The Fibre Company in the stunning shade of Catbells.
Only two weeks ago today I was at the Unravel Festival of Yarn, really excited to meet up with artist Salina Gani and to see the fantastic illustration she had created for me! If you didn’t get a chance to see it on display at Unravel, here it is!
The idea for the illustration began when Salina was the artist in residence at the Knitting & Crochet Guild online convention in September 2021. I was so impressed with her wonderful live sketches of all the speakers that I commissioned her to create an illustration for me. I love the way Salina has shown my designs and ideas swirling around me - yes, there are always this many! - and they all contribute the the stitch patterns I create on my knitting needles!
Thank you so much Salina ❤️ It has been a joy to work with you and to learn about your amazing creative process!
Knitting magazine 227 invites you to “Cast on with Emma Vining”!
Thank you so much to the Knitting magazine team for the amazing profile article about me and for featuring so many of my shawl designs!
On this page from the magazine, next to the profile article, there are images of shawls from my new book, A Knitter's Guide to Shawl Design, alongside four of my shawl designs for Knitting magazine - Ammonoid in Ullcentrum 2ply from Midwinter Yarns, Beachcomber in Birlinn Yarns 4ply, Wavelet in Irish Artisan Yarns Merino/ Nylon 4ply and my new design for this issue, Criss Cross in Walcot Yarns Opus!
I’m really delighted to be featured in this fabulous magazine issue and to be headlining on the cover with the amazing Tom Daley! This issue is all about textured knits with fantastic garments and accessories from outstanding designers! The stunning knits featured on the cover are the Tuck Stitch Cardigan by Annekin Allis and the Mossler Shawl by Brian Smith.
