Samantha Xavier

Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads

Knitting: Cardigan
The Riviera cardigan is a relaxed-fit, boxy cardigan knit from the top-down with a drop shoulder construction. It alternates between two colors of mohair to make stripes and can easily be used as a stashbusting project for your leftover mohair yarns. Classic and perfect for layering on chilly summer nights, it would feel right at home as you si...
Knitting: Pullover
The Segla Sweater is a top-down, raglan sweater knit in mostly stockinette stitch with cable borders in place of ribbing. It’s perfect for adventurous beginners who want to try their hand at slightly advanced techniques like German short rows and the cable details provide just enough of a challenge (with an accompanying tutorial video). I desig...
Knitting: Pullover
The Eyre Pullover is an intricate cable jumper knit from the top-down in the round. It combines aspects of a traditional Aran fisherman’s shirt with a relaxed, feminine fit for a modern twist on a classic style. The perfect mix of vintage and contemporary - just like Eyre square in Galway, Ireland where its name comes from.
Knitting: Pullover
The Lyngen pullover is a lightly-textured, top-down sweater made to feature that perfect variegated mohair or aran-weight yarn in your stash. The colors and pattern draw inspiration from the mountain lakes of the Lyngen Alps in Norway which turn into magical ice rinks in the winter.
Knitting: Pullover
The Kamari sweater features a comfortable drop-shoulder fit and allover cable pattern that’s easily memorizable. It’s inspired by the beautiful black-sand Kamari beach in Santorini, Greece.
Knitting: Pullover
The Strand Sweater is a cropped, versatile eyelet and rib sweater with raglan shaping. It is a product of the time I was “stranded” in Oslo and took a 26-hour bus ride back home to the Arctic circle, past many beautiful Norwegian beaches (or “strand” in Norwegian).
Knitting: Cardigan
The Bonnieux cardigan is an elegant cropped cardigan with bell sleeves featuring a vintage French floral lace motif. It is named for the Bonnieux Valley in Provence, France where one can find beautiful fields of poppies in May.
Knitting: Pullover
The Menlo sweater is a cropped, slightly fitted sweater featuring allover cables in a staggered diamond and rope cable motif. It is inspired by the ivy cascading down the walls of the Menlo Castle ruins in County Galway, Ireland.
Knitting: Vest
The Saleya Vest is a cropped, fitted vest perfect for layering over shirts and summer dresses. It features an allover mock cable pattern and neat ribbed hems and button-bands finished with an Italian bind-off. Inspired by the lavender and lilac sold at the Cours Saleya in Nice, the Saleya vest would feel right at home at a farmers’ market shopp...
Knitting: Sleeveless Top
The Davenport Camisole is a lace-knit, well-tailored tank top with applied i-cord edgings and deceptively simple lace details. The sea glass color and wave-like repeats on this camisole are inspired by Davenport Beach in California - a rocky beach with strong waves and some of the most beautiful sea glass.
Knitting: Pullover
The Adams Morgan sweater is a soft and well-fitting raglan sweater featuring cable and broken lattice stitch panels against a double seed stitch background. Like the diverse neighborhood of Adams Morgan in Washington, D.C., it is characterized by a variety of textures and colors that come together to make a beautiful, unique garment.
Knitting: Pullover
The Soldag sweater is an aran-weight sweater featuring intricate charted cables, a longline oversized fit, mock neck, and dropped sleeves. The sweater’s design elements are inspired by Soldagen - the day when people who live above the Arctic Circle celebrate the first yearly sighting of the sun after months of mørketid (24-hour polar night).