Florence Spurling
Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads
Knitting: Pullover
Seren is a top-down pullover featuring a mix of colourwork and texture inspired by traditional quilts. The yoke displays three bands of geometric patterns drawn from quilting motifs and the body and sleeves are created with a slip-stitch texture reminiscent of hand stitching. A dimensional pintuck borders the yoke, and the trims, including a fo...
Knitting: Scarf
A twist on the traditional Argyle, Lennox mixes stripes with intarsia to give this recognisable pattern a fresh look. Knitted in six colours of fingering-weight yarn, Lennox is the ideal project for those wishing to take their intarsia skills up a notch. The sample yarn, A Chic Blend by Lanivendole, creates a warm but beautifully lightweight fa...
Knitting: Vest
Featuring a two-colour slip-stitch stripe pattern, Burdock is both simple to knit and wear. I chose to use Brooklyn Tweed’s Dapple yarn for this design—a DK-weight wool and cotton blend which is adaptable for multi-season styling. Wear the Burdock Tank as is or layered over a long-sleeve top or shirt depending on your style and the season.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
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Knitting: Pullover
Inspired by a scenic hike on Mount Greylock, northwest Massachusetts, this design combines two of my favourite features: colourwork and texture. The colours and patterns are reminiscent of the vibrant yellow and green meadows at the mountains initial incline. To add interest between the colourwork bands, a textured effect is created by using a ...
Knitting: Pullover
After designing the Adelia Shawl pattern, I knew I wanted to develop the idea into a garment! Like the shawl, the Adelia Tee uses three weights of Nature’s Luxury On Stage yarn base. Inspired by antique lace fabrics, Adelia combines open delicate stitches with dimensional bobbles and woven yarn inlay that emulates hand embroidery.
Knitting: Pullover
Packed full of pattern, Rosecroft is a top-down sweater featuring a mix of geometric and floral motifs created with all-over stranded colourwork. After watching the yoke come to life, the body and sleeves are knitted in a rhythmic, easy-to-remember colourwork pattern. Three colours of Knitting For Olive Merino Fingering yarn are used to create ...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Designed for A Verb For Keeping Warm’s Pro-Verbial Yarn and Fibre Club, Elodie is a mini triangular shawl knitted from the top down. Three colours of Verb Flock are used to create this simple fabric featuring dainty detail throughout: stripes of stockinette alternate between plain bands and those with delicate cross motifs created with the Esto...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Designed for the Qing Fibre 2023 advent calendar, Gwen is a fun and colourful top-down triangular shawl that uses 9 tones of fingering weight yarn. Inspired by the patterns within Welsh blankets, Gwen uses slip stitches to create multicoloured textured panels mixed with mosaic motifs. Gwen’s petite size is perfect to add warmth but not bulk, an...
Knitting: Sleeveless Top
Anouka is a multi-patterned tank top with a boho flair. Inspired by piecing patterned fabrics together, Anouka uses a mix of intarsia and stranded colourwork knitting to create a modern patchwork effect. Wear Anouka as a standout piece in your wardrobe or layered over a shirt for multi-seasonal functionality.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Farah is a generously sized asymmetric triangular shawl designed to keep you super cosy. Panels of simple lace span vertically throughout the shawl, lending a gentle feel to the fabric. Interspersed within these panels are colourful decorative motifs created with the woven inlay method that give the effect of a modern tapestry. Stick to a refin...
Knitting: Pullover
Liko is a top-down sweater featuring a botanically inspired yoke pattern created with multicoloured woven inlay. Delicate cables travel down the yoke alongside the floral motifs, adding subtle texture. Instructions are given for both a short and long sleeve sweater, so you can make a Liko (and customise your yarn choice) to suit the season.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
A creative collaboration with Nature’s Luxury, this shawl uses three weights of their ‘On Stage’ yarn base. Inspired by antique lace fabrics, Adelia combines open delicate stitches with dimensional bobbles and woven yarn inlay that emulates hand embroidery. Adelia is knitted tip-to-tip and constructed in four parts: a central piece, the left an...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Floro is a mini triangular shawl featuring a bold botanical pattern created with the intarsia method. Knitted tip-to-tip, this small accessory adds the perfect pop of interest to your outfit. Four colours of fingering weight yarn are used – adapt your yarn choice according to the seasons to create a Floro that’s suited for Spring/Summer or Autu...
Knitting: Pullover
“Inspired by artistic mark-making, Ferrule follows the approach of a painter mixing colours by combining finer yarns together to create marled mixes. The stitch pattern is derived from abstract brushstrokes, with blocks of colour layering over one another and blending at the edges. A celebration of colour, this design also features simple intar...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
A sister design to the original Scout Shawl, this slightly modified shape shares the same intricate, pattern-filled look inspired by the pieced-together aesthetic of vintage quilts. A dream project for colourwork lovers, Scout Mini’s patchwork effect is achieved by mixing stranded and intarsia colourwork knitting throughout. For this version, I...
Knitting: Scarf
Oswald is a generously sized scarf featuring a two-colour checked pattern knitted with the intarsia method. Inspired by woven fabrics, the ‘wrong side’ of the intarsia join is displayed to give the impression of top stitching on a tailored garment. Blocks of moss stitch are integrated into the checked pattern, adding texture and dimension. Once...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Featuring strong lines and graphic motifs, Ziri is a crescent-shaped shawl knitted with three colours of fingering weight yarn. The geometric border is created first and worked tip-to-tip, which features a shaped zig-zag edge, contrast colour pintucks, and tactile bobbles. The long straight edge of the border is then picked up for the main body...
Knitting: Tee
I designed Skye as the perfect weekend tee: with a casual feel that can pair with pyjamas for slow mornings relaxing with coffee, but polished enough to pair with jeans for a leisurely neighbourhood stroll. Its minimal silhouette and textured stitch make for simple knitting and styling. Two ends of lace weight yarn are used to create this squis...
Knitting: Tee
Inspired by a wildflower meadow walk, Handpicked is a top-down Tee featuring decorative drop-stitch flowers sprinkled into a stockinette base. The organic motifs are further emphasised with beads which are added to the centre of the flowers for added colour, decoration, and dimension. Both relaxing and engaging, Handpicked is the perfect garmen...
Knitting: Pullover
Indigo is a top-down sweater featuring an abstract patterned yoke. Inspired by resist-dyeing techniques, Indigo reinterprets these geometric tessellations into knitted form by combining stranded colourwork with two differently textured yarns: Tov DK and Flette by Woolfolk. The bumpy texture of Flette creates stitches that emulate the organic ma...
Knitting: Tee
Winslow is an easy to wear, relaxed shape tee. Featuring bold stripes with subtle slip-stitches at each colour transition, the stripes can easily be customized according to the mix of yarns you wish to use. Knitted in a fingering weight yarn comprised of Merino and linen, Winslow is a perfect addition to your warm weather wardrobe. For a simila...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Flynn is a cozy crescent-shaped shawl featuring a multi-textured and dimensional stitch border. The border is worked in two pieces that are joined in the middle. The long straight edge of the border is then picked up for the main body of the shawl, which is knitted with short-row shaping. Knitted in a main and contrast colour, choose a DK weigh...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
A creative collaboration with Kokon Yarn, Joan is inspired by a visit to the Joan of Arc Museum in Rouen, France. It uses six tones of fingering weight yarn and numerous slip-stitch patterns to create an engaging colour- and pattern- filled accessory. The hybrid shawl / scarf shape is constructed in four parts: a central piece, the left and rig...
Knitting: Cowl
Ita is a colourwork cowl, knitted in a tube, then twisted and joined at the ends to create a Mobius loop. Inspired by resist-dyeing techniques, Ita reinterprets these geometric patterns into knitted form by combining stranded knitting with two differently textured yarns: Tov DK and Flette by Woolfolk. The bumpy texture of Flette creates stitche...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Inspired by resist-dyeing techniques, Ita Hat reinterprets these geometric patterns into knitted form by combining stranded knitting with two differently textured yarns: Tov DK and Flette by Woolfolk. The bumpy texture of Flette creates stitches that emulate the organic marks of the tie-dye-inspired colourwork pattern.
Knitting: Tee, Pullover
A creative collaboration with Kokon Yarn, Freya is an easy to wear, relaxed shape tee. Dimensional floral stitches featuring bobbles and lace adorn the front of the pullover. These are later embellished with tactile yarn ‘petals.’ This decorative element can easily be customized to suit a range of design sensibilities.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Florence is a botanical-inspired shawl perfect for texture and colour lovers! Three-dimensional knitted flowers featuring bobble and slip stitches make up the unique trim that blooms along the shawl’s edge. Once the floral motifs are complete, short rows are used to shape the body, to achieve the very-wearable long, narrow crescent shape.
Knitting: Pullover
Jardin pullover is the result of a creative collaboration with Kokon Yarn, celebrating our mutual love of flowers and textiles. This botanical-inspired design combines different weights and textures of yarn with the intarsia knitting method, resulting in an artistic effect in which the organic flower motifs appear to be floating from the surfac...
Knitting: Cowl
A colourwork cowl with a difference, Vera combines Fair Isle and duplicate stitch embroidery to create a striking pattern effect. Perfect for knitters with a love for colour and embellishment, Vera is an ideal project to expand your surface design skill set. This design requires six colours of DK-weight yarn: three for the Fair Isle and three f...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Scout is an intricate, pattern-filled shawl inspired by the pieced-together aesthetic of vintage quilts. A dream project for colourwork lovers, Scout’s patchwork effect is achieved by mixing Fair Isle and intarsia knitting throughout. Knitted sideways from tip-to-tip, the easy-to-wear shape and size of the shawl is designed to display maximum d...
Knitting: Sleeveless Top
Fearne is a simple yet versatile lightweight top featuring a cropped length, designed to pair perfectly with high-waisted jeans and skirts. Starting with a delicate scallop trim, Fearne is worked in the round from the bottom up to the armholes with subtle A-line shaping. At the armholes, work is divided for front and back, then worked flat to t...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Created with the remaining yarn from Elvan Shawl, this fingering-weight hat echoes the mood of its sibling design. Starting with a twisted rib and bobble brim knitted in the main colour, the hat progresses to a simple geometric colourwork motif that is transformed into an abstracted pattern using nine contrast colours. Both the main and contras...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Elvan is a side-to-side triangular shawl inspired by the geometric emblems and hushed tones of vintage woven carpets. Staggered intarsia patterns travel the shawl like woven stories, mixed with pools of bobbles that lend an uber-plush feel. Elvan’s long tips and shallow depth make for a super-wearable accessory that fits perfectly into a contem...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Inspired by decorative Japanese embroidery, Little Stitches is a top-down triangular shawl that mixes delicate patterns into bands of transitioning colors, for a subtle, patched-together effect.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Inspired by a wildflower meadow walk, Handpicked is a top-down triangular shawl featuring decorative drop-stitch floral stitches sprinkled into a soothing stockinette base. The organic motifs are further emphasized with a colorful speckled yarn, which pops from the solid ground. For optional embellishment, you can choose to add beads to the cen...
Knitting: Scarf
Loop the Loop is a simple ridged scarf designed for two contrastingly textured yarns.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
For this design, I was inspired by the beautiful geometric patterns found within Bauhaus textiles. Timeless design, harmonious colors and eye-catching shapes were elements I aimed to embody within ‘Otti’.
Knitting: Mittens
Designed to highlight the beauty of speckled yarns, Luna show off every flash and hint of color to the fullest.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Inspired by heirloom textiles of bygone eras, Common Ground Wrap celebrates traditional cherished crafts and time-proven techniques.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Meaning ‘to glitter’ or ‘shine’ in Icelandic, Glitra lives up to its name with sparkling seed beads and the radiant glow of silk.
Knitting: Scarf
Meaning ‘to glitter’ or ‘shine’ in Icelandic, Glitra lives up to its name with sparkling seed beads and the radiant glow of silk.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
A nod to Cockney rhyming slang, ‘Treacle Tart’ (meaning ‘sweetheart’) is as whimsical as its namesake. Inspired by the designer’s English roots, this hat embodies British style through tweed yarns and playful color blocking.
Knitting: Shrug / Bolero
Two basic shapes form the construction of this sleeveless shrug. A touch of simple knitting origami and three easy-sewn seams transform the fabric into a 3-dimensional garment.
Knitting: Scarf
Triangular bands of cables are pattern blocked within the interrupted rib stitch fabric of this scarf. When the tips lie parallel, a geometric symmetry reveals a larger triangle shape. Twisted stitches are knit throughout, adding to this piece’s structural appeal.