Barnaby Knits

Show Notes:Mioness Cardigan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr8sQoJS0DQ&ab_channel=BarnabyKnits My Ravelry project page: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/ebarnaby93/mioness Pattern: Mioness by Violet B. McQuade. Find it on Ravelry here: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mioness I knit this because it had great information on how to make a neck steek! Original colorways in Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift: 1. Mulberry2. Dusk3. Blueberry4. Orchid5. Pot Pourri6. Twilight7. Mist8. Jupiter9. Purple Haze Colors…

Tiny Desk KnittingEpisode 5: Jamieson & Smith vs. Jamieson'sShow Notes https://youtu.be/Um4RdKOgOJo What am I wearing?You can find my Ravelry project page here: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/ebarnaby93/vanilla-sweater-2 I based this on the Vanilla Sweater from The Woolly Thistle, but I used Ann Budd’s book of Top Down Sweaters to knit the correct size for me. You can get that…

Show Notes Kuvvel cowl from Fair Isle Weekend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDhmXjm5_4A&ab_channel=BarnabyKnits My project page: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/ebarnaby93/kuvvel Get the book: https://thewoollythistle.com/collections/books-mags/products/fair-isle-weekend-by-mj-mucklestone 5 colors (originally traditional colors) but I changed mine: Colors I used: Dark green: Jamieson & Smith 2-ply Jumper weight 82 mix Dark brown: Jamieson & Smith Jumper Weight Supreme in 2009 (Yuglet) White: Jamieson & Smith Jumper…

Show Notes https://youtu.be/7CuqTpp4vU4 Patterns: Radiant Star Cowl Ella Gordon https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/radiant-star-cowl My project page: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/ebarnaby93/radiant-star-cowl Nighthawk Skull Cap Wilma Malcolmson https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/nighthawk-skull-cap My project page: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/ebarnaby93/nighthawk-skull-cap You can find the Radiant Star Cowl in the Shetland Wool Week Annual in 2020. Get it at The Woolly Thistle: https://thewoollythistle.com/collections/books-mags/products/shetland-wool-week-annual-2020 Video from Jamieson & Smith describing different yarns they…

Tiny Desk Knitting Episode 2: Maalie Hat Show Notes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzAcSb0l4VA&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=BarnabyKnits This hat is one of the projects from Fair Isle Weekend. I got my copy from The Woolly Thistle, but you can also check out your LYS to see if they have it! https://thewoollythistle.com/collections/books-mags/products/fair-isle-weekend-by-mj-mucklestone This hat has a 7” 1x1 ribbed brim, a short colorwork…

To recap my last blog post about socks: I finally started knitting them at the start of the pandemic. I used to hate them. Now I love them. I got my sea legs with them gradually - it took me a while to find my sweet spot. That's pretty much it. Speaking of sea legs,…

In 2020, a lot of things changed. The biggest thing that changed about me is that I became a sock knitter. I didn't hate knitting socks before covid, but I saw no point. I didn't quite understand how to pick up stitches along a heel properly, so every pair I made seemed too weak to…

For my next fair isle piece, I’m knitting the pattern Mioness, which was written by Violet McQuade for Jamieson’s of Shetland. This is the original - this photo is from the Ravelry pattern page This sweater has almost no projects on Ravelry—just one other than mine!—and is knitted in nine different shades of Jamieson’s of…

I love the pattern Frost Flowers, made famous (and named) by Barbara Walker in A Treasury of Knitting Patterns. If you know the book I mean, you’ll know the pattern. It’s on the cover. A truly great reference book(along with the three others in the series) This pattern is difficult. It’s a two-sided lace pattern,…