Making Stories Magazine 13

"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."

The Spring 2025 Issue is a playful one! With confetti and rainbows, unusually and unconventionally interpreted in 12 new knitwear designs – a journey through color, shapes, texture and materials.

Confetti made out of dried flowers, collected over months from bouquets and the road side. Sparkly rainbows, light reflecting. Gentle textures and shapes, echoing the different forms confetti can take. An unexpected rainbow around the corner, on a brick wall, painted in broad strokes.

Designs by:

Astrid Agustsson, Barbara von Stieglitz, Eliza Hinkes, Jacki Badger, Jill Thompson Beach, Juliette Pécaut, Natalia Milas, Nele Bostelmann, Pauline Fanguin, Ursalia Fibres Studio, Valerie Rachel, Yiğitcan / pufido

Contributions by:

Alicia de los Reyes, Katrina Robinson, filipa quadrado.

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To knit the Confetti Rain sweater by Nele Borstelmann (picture 2), you will need:

Sizes

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

Bust circumference: 92.75 (101, 109, 117.25, 125.5) [133.75, 141.75, 150, 158.25, 166.25] cm / 36.5 (39.75, 43, 46.25, 49.5) [52.5, 55.75, 59, 62.25, 65.5]”

Upper sleeve circumference: 32.75 (35.5, 38.25, 41.75, 43.75) [45.5, 48.25, 51, 55.5, 57.25] cm / 13 (14, 15, 16.5, 17.25) [18, 19, 20, 21.75, 22.5]”

Francesca wears a size 3 with no ease.

Yarn

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

7 (8, 8, 9, 10) [10, 11, 12, 13, 13] balls OR 1200 (1330, 1445, 1565, 1670) [1785, 1920, 2065, 2280, 2390] metres / 1310 (1455, 1580, 1710, 1825) [1950, 2100, 2260, 2495, 2615] yards

CC: Schoppelwolle Zauberwolle (100% Wool; 250 metres / 273 yards per 100 g)

40 (45, 50, 55, 55) [60, 65, 70, 75, 80] metres / 45 (50, 55, 60, 60) [65, 70, 75, 85, 90] yards

Sample shown is knit in Ulysse "bouleau" (MC) and Schoppelwolle Zauberwolle "Streiflichter" (CC).

Needles

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 ofat least 80 cm / 32” (or needle size 1-2 sizes smaller than main needle)

Gauge

22 sts x 36 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (in the round, in Chart B, on larger needle, after blocking)

Notions

Blocking tools (blocking mats)

• Darning needle

• Scrap yarn

• Stitch markers

• Tape measure

SKILLS & TECHNIQUES

• Long Tail Cast-On

• Reading your knitting

• Wrap & Turn Short Rows

• Stranded colourwork

• Dip stitches in CC

• Backward Loop Cast-On

• Tubular Bind-Off

• Standard Bind-Off

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To knit the Coriandoli mini-scarf in Ulysse and Bérénice by Valerie Rogotzke (picture 3), you will need:

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

• Total length: 130 cm / 51”

• Total width: 9 cm / 3.5”

YARN

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

MC: 1 ball OR 180 metres / 200 yards

held together with:

De Rerum Natura Bérénice (55% Super Kid Mohair labelled RMS,Responsible Mohair Standards (South Africa), 25 % mulberry silk (China), 20 % CC1: 45 metres / 50 yards

CC1: 1 ball OR 45 metres / 50 yards

CC2: 1 ball OR 70 metres / 80 yards

CC3: 1 ball OR30 metres / 35 yards

Sample shown is knit in colourways Ulysse "bouleau" (MC), Bérénice "l’heure bleue" (CC1), "crème" (CC2), and "argile" (CC3).

NEEDLES

3.75 mm / US 5 circular needle with a cable length of at least 40 cm / 16” (or needle size to obtain gauge)

This pattern can also be worked on straight or dou- ble-pointed needles.

GAUGE

19 sts x 26 rows = 9 x 9 cm / 3.5 x 3.5” (worked flat, in pattern below, after blocking)

NOTIONS

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

• Bobbins (optional)

• Darning needle

• Tape measure

SKILLS & TECHNIQUES

• Long-Tail Cast-On

• Picking up stitches

• Contiguous I-cord edge

• Marled Colourwork

• Working from a chart

• I-Cord Bind-Off

• Grafting