Fiber Fusion
Yarn photo diaries are one of my favorite entries in this blog. This is a moment for me to introduce you to the initial stages of a new design and just share images that will, hopefully, inspire you to pick up your skeins and turn them into something that will make you happy.
I do love the fiber contrast in knitwear - you can see it in my Polar Bear sweater (the coziest thing ever).
This time I decided to go further and mix two different fibers in one thread.
One of the yarns is a blend of baby camel, cashmere and silk. It is one of the most luxurious yarns I have ever worked with - it was a gift of a friend and I’ve been holding to it for at least 3 years, before finally finding the idea that will do this treasure justice.
You can find my article on this and other skeins I got here - Magliamania. Precious Fibers.
The second yarn in this fiber mix is a Mexican blend of cotton, linen and silk.
This yarn is a great combination of smoothness and sturdiness.
Together they create the perfect tactile and visual harmony. As you know I always add the element of texture to my designs and this one will be full of textured details, so I felt that baby camel/silk/cashmere blend is great for softness and creates amazing drape, but it would not be ideal yarn for the textured sweater, plus the thread is too thin. So I thought “marrying“ it with the plant base will add sturdiness, crisp stitch definition and a shade of different color. The experiment, as the samples showed, worked out perfectly.
I hope you will have a wonderful week!
Marble is an oversize knit that flows along your body. The bottom of the sweater features a complex cable pattern, just one pattern repeat, so the rest of the sweater is a breeze to knit. A simple cable panel above it is added to mirror the cables in the main pattern below - the reverse stockinette stitch creates a beautiful texture contrast and adds the geometrical effect to the whole piece. The rest of the sweater body is knit in simple stockinette. The drop shoulders are put together with the three needle bind off with the seam featured on the right side of the fabric for the extra texture effect. The stockinette and reverse stockinette stitch combination created a tiered folded up cuff that falls just below the elbow.