Mimi Fautley
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Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Our Staggered Ladders tuque, knit in Illimani’s soft and luxurious Amelie, features an easy mosaic/slip-stitch pattern that gives this soft and cozy hat a high-impact graphic and textured look with minimal effort. The stitch pattern is worked in only one colour per round--no floats to worry about!--making it suitable for advanced beginners.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
A super bulky Alpaca-merino blend and thick brioche rib guarantee that this will be the warmest hat around. Worked flat, it is easy enough for a beginner, and knits up in a flash, making it a great last-minute gift.
Knitting: Cowl
A cozy, chunky cowl all a-flutter with neon-bright loops. A quick and easy project suitable for beginners!
Knitting: Scarf
This reversible scarf uses the Entrelac technique to show off the colour variations in Rowan’s Kidsilk Stripe. A pattern of alternating stocking-stitch and reverse-stocking-stitch blocks adds a subtle variation and balance the fabric so that it lies flat.
Knitting: Mittens
Atlantic Canadian knitters have been making mittens with thrums—tufts of wool fibre worked into a knitted fabric—since the early 19th century. Thrummed mittens have a soft, fleecy lining that stays warm even when wet, making them ideal for fisherman working year-round in the North Atlantic. Everyone appreciates their coziness in the depths of w...
Knitting: Cowl
Super bulky yarns are fast and easy to knit, but the giant needles they require can be hard to find and awkward to manoeuvre. This pattern uses a technique that allows you to use 10 mm (US 15) needle (half the diameter of the needles recommended on the ball band of this monster yarn!), while still making great big stitches!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This cozy hat is knitted in a thick, luxurious Nova Scotia Alpaca blended with cashmere and Merino wool. It is cozy enough to fend off the North Atlantic chill, and its soft ribs will stretch to fit a range of head sizes.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Heavenly Nova Scotia alpaca and soft merino wool combine to give this cozy hat just the right amount of drape--and a stylish, slouchy shape that won’t flatten your hair.
Knitting: Cowl
This pattern includes directions for four variations--two lengths/widths and two stitch patterns.