Making Stories Magazine 12

"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."

12 knitwear patterns with intentional, intricate details, joyful, layerable, exuberant in their exploration of Art Nouveau and yet grounded so you can wear them every day.

Let’s wander the streets of Brussels and Paris, searching for the hidden architectural Art Nouveau gems – houses, doors, windows, street lamps. Let’s explore Berlin’s Jugendstil tile art, marvelling at the colors and shapes taking form.

Let’s get lost in the work of water color artists, glass blowers, jewellers, embroidery artists, and myriads more, who dive into the shapes and curves of plants and flowers, moving, flowing, mirroring.

Designs by:

Agata Mackiewicz, Anni Howard, Carly Bauer, Christie Wareham-Norfolk, Elena Dimchevska, Helen Metcalfe, Jule Kebelmann, Laura Barker, Makenzie Alvarez, Marina Skua, Natalie Sheldon, and Sabine Gschwind.

Contributions by:

Alicia de los Reyes, Gretchen Boyce, Katherine Mead, and Liza Laird.

Find out more about this magazine and the patterns knitted in our yarns in our blog post.

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To knit the Tiffany lamp sweater in Ulysse by Laura Barker (picture 2), you will need:

Sizes

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

Finished bust circumference: 83.75 (91, 98.25, 107.25, 115.75) [124.25, 133.25, 140.5, 149.5, 157.75] cm / 33 (35.75, 38.75, 42.25, 45.5) [49, 52.5, 55.25, 59, 62]” - recommended to be worn with 4.25-7.75 cm / 1.75-3” of positive ease at the bust.

Yarn

De Rerum Natura Ulysse (100% French mérinos d'Arles and Portuguese black merino woolen spun in France - 202 yards (185 m) / 50 g)

MC: 6 (6, 6, 7, 7) [8, 9, 9, 9, 10] balls OR 930 (1035, 1105, 1205, 1285) [1400, 1485, 1590, 1660, 1725] metres /1015 (1130, 1205, 1315, 1405) [1530, 1620, 1740, 1810, 1885] yards

CC1: 1 ball OR 70 (80, 85, 90, 90) [105, 105, 120, 120, 120] metres / 80 (85, 95, 100, 100) [115, 115, 130, 130, 130] yards

CC2: 1 ball OR 35 (40, 45, 50, 50) [55, 55, 60, 60, 60] metres / 40 (45, 50, 50, 50) [60, 60, 65, 65, 65] yards

Sample shown is knit in colourways "nuit" (MC), "genêt" (CC1) and "érable" (CC2). Laura wears a size 3 with 14.25 cm / 5.5" of positive ease.

Needles

4.0 mm / US 5 circular needle with a cable length of at least 80 cm / 32” (or needle size to obtain gauge)

3.25 mm / US 3 circular needle with a cable length of at least 80 cm / 32” (or needle size to obtain gauge)

2.75 mm / US 2 circular needle with a cable length of at least 80 cm / 32” (or needle one size smaller than middle needle)

You will also need the needle sizes above in your preferred format for small-circumference knitting.

Gauge

25 sts x 38 rounds = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (in the round, in stockinette stitch, on middle needle, after blocking)

24 sts x 24 rounds = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (in the round, in colourwork pattern, on largest needle, after blocking)

23 sts x 44 rounds = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (in the round, in 1x1 rib at neck on smallest needle, after blocking)

28 sts x 44 rounds = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (in the round, in 1x1 rib at hem/cuff, on smallest needle, after blocking)

Notions

• Darning needle

• Scrap yarn

• Stitch markers

• Tape measure

SKILLS & TECHNIQUES

• German Short Rows

• Tubular Cast-On

• Tubular Bind-Off

• Colourwork

• Lifted increases

• Reverse yarn overs

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To knit the Wisteria pullover in Albertine and Bérénice by Agata Mackiewicz (picture 3), you will need:

SIZES

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

Finished bust circumference: 86 (94, 102, 112, 116)[128, 134, 142, 150, 158] cm / 34 (34, 40, 44, 45.5) [50, 52.75, 56, 59, 62]” - recommended to be worn with 5 - 10 cm / 2 - 4” of positive ease at the bust.

YARN

-  De Rerum Natura Albertine (90 % organic Merinos d'Arles (France) / 10 % mulberry silk (China) - 218 yds (200 m) / 50 g) : 1095 (1215, 1290, 1410, 1500) [1605, 1770, 1875, 2070, 2190] metres / 1200 (1330, 1410, 1545, 1640) [1755, 1935, 2050, 2265, 2395] yards of each yarn.

held together with:

- De Rerum Natura Bérénice (55% Super Kid Mohair labelled RMS,Responsible Mohair Standards (South Africa), 25 % mulberry silk (China), 20 % organic Merinos d'Arles (France)  - 230 yds (210 m) / 25 g) : 

Sample shown is knit in colourway "badiane". Laura wears a size 3 with 18 cm / 7" of positive ease.

NEEDLES

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

3.5 mm / US 4 circular needle with a cable length of at least 80 cm / 32” (or needle two sizes smaller than main needle)

3 mm / US 2.5 circular needle with a cable length of at least 80 cm / 32” (or needle two sizes smaller than smallest needle, for cuffs)

This pattern uses the Magic Loop technique for small circumference knitting.

GAUGE

20 sts x 32 rounds = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (worked flat and in the round, in stockinette stitch, on larger needle, after blocking)

NOTIONS

• Blocking tools (blocking mats, t-pins, blocking wires)

• Cable needle

• Darning needle

• Scrap yarn

• Stitch markers

• Tape measure

SKILLS & TECHNIQUES

• Long Tail Cast-on

• Make one increases

• Charts

• Cables

• Maintaining shaping within pattern

• No-roll Bind-off and I-cord Bind-off

• Sewing live stitches