Making Stories Magazine 9

"With Making Stories Magazine, we strive to feature companies and makers who focus on sustainability, transparency, fairness and equity in their work. We love telling their stories and hope to inspire and enable crafters to make conscious and informed decisions about the materials they use and companies they support."

For Issue 9, the team of Making Stories invite you to explore secret gardens, to breathe in deeply, to delight at that peony that’s just starting to bloom.

Wandering through that arch overgrown with roses in full bloom that will fill you with wonder at the beauty and intricacy of the flowers and curiosity to see which hidden treasures the next steps holds.

Each flower a different shade, each petal a marvel. From bud to bloom, from earth to sky, a never-ending cycle of life.

Designs by:

Anne Ginger, Ayano Tanaka, Barbara Gottwik, Emma Ducher, Julia Exner, Kjerstin Rovetta, Makenzie Alvarez, Maria Magnusson, Marie Régnier, Natalia Milas, Pelin Akbaba, Valerie Rachel

Contributions by:

ash alberg

To learn more about this issue, check out our blog post by clicking here.

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What you'll need to knit the Etamine sweater in Ulysse by Emma Ducher (pictures 2 to 4):

Sizes

1(2,3,4,5)[6,7,8,9,10]

Finished bust circumference: 94 (102, 110.5, 119.5, 126.5) [134.5, 143, 151, 158, 167] cm / 37 (40.25, 43.5, 47, 49.75) [53, 56.25, 59.5, 62.25, 65.75]” - recommended to be worn with 15-18 cm / 6-7” of positive ease at the bust

Yarn

De Rerum Natura Ulysse (French Merinos d'Arles and black merino from Portugal; 185 meters /202 yards per 50 g): 

MC: 750 (810, 875, 965, 1045) [1100, 1195, 1260, 1390, 1460] metres / 820 (885, 955, 1055, 1145) [1205, 1305, 1380, 1520, 1595] yards

CC1: 140 (150, 165, 180, 195) [205, 225, 235, 260, 275] metres / 155 (165, 180, 200, 215) [225, 245, 260, 285, 300] yards CC2: 85 (95, 100, 110, 120) [125, 135, 145, 160, 170] metres / 95 (100, 110, 120, 130) [140, 150, 160, 175, 185] yards CC3: 85 (90, 95, 105, 115) [120, 130, 140, 155, 160] metres

/ 95 (100, 105, 115, 125) [130, 140, 155, 170, 175] yards CC4: 65 (70, 80, 85, 95) [100, 105, 110, 125, 130] metres / 70 (75, 90, 95, 105) [110, 115, 120, 135, 140] yards

Sample shown is knit in colourways Eucalyptus (MC), Crème Anglaise (CC1), Argile (CC2), Bois de Rose (CC3) and Amarante (CC4). Carmen wears a size 3 with 15.5 cm / 6" of positive ease.

Needles

4 mm / US 6 circular needle with a cable length of 40 cm / 16” and at least 80 cm / 32” (or needle size to obtain gauge)

3.25 mm / US 3 circular needle with a cable length of 40 cm / 16” and at least 80 cm / 32” for magic loop, or dpns (or needle size to obtain gauge)

Gauge

22 sts x 31 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (in the round, in stockinette stitch and colourwork chart, on larger needle, after blocking)

27sts x 42 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (in the round, in 2x2 ribbing, on smaller needle, after blocking)

Notions

Blocking tools (blocking mats, t-pins)

Crochet hook for Provisional Cast-On

Darning needle

Scrap yarn

Stitch markers

Tape measure

TECHNIQUES & DIFFICULTY

Intermediate to advanced level: Skills required for this pattern include casting on using a provisional cast-on with crochet, binding off, increasing and decreasing, knitting in the round, colorwork, German short rows, picking up stitches.