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two-shade Sterntaucher

By: Kate Davies Designs January 7, 2021January 7, 2021

colour, design, Kate Davies Designs, kits, steeks10 Years in the making, cardigan, colourway, construction, design, finishing, knitting, palette, pockets, steek, Sterntaucher12 Comments

When we are working on a collection, Mel and I often knit several samples of a single design. This not only allows us to test and hone the pattern instructions (for maximum knit-ability, and knitterly-ness) but means we get to see how a design appears in alternate colourways. For Sterntaucher, we thought it would be…

By: Kate Davies Designs November 20, 2020November 20, 2020

birds, design, Kate Davies Designs10 Years in the making, birds, club, colourwork, design, inspiration, knitting, steeks, Sterntaucher21 Comments

Designing hand-knit garments (and clear instructions for others to follow) can involve a lot of compromising, a lot of accepting that, for a multitude of reasons the finished thing won’t turn out quite as you initially envisaged. But sometimes you design something that looks and feels exactly as you expected. This design started with a…