Making Stories Magazine 14

"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 14 (which will be the last issue of Making Stories), we're taking it back to our roots – an adventure in the forest! Journey with us to enchanted old growth trees, clearings with rays of sunlight filtering through the canopy, tiny mushrooms on mossy logs, and a cozy cabin with a view over the woods.

Designs by:

Anna Hechtman, Emma Vining, Gabrielle Koizumi, Jimmy Myers, Kristin Bailey, Mami Hayashi, Nidhi Kansal, Rebecca Duncan, Sanni Pauliina, Sara Ottosson, Sol Le Roux, Solène Amary

Contributions by:

Christopher Lewis, Sabine Gschwind

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To knit the Tales from the Cabin shawl by Anna Hechtman (pictures 2 & 3) in Ulysse and Bérénice held together, you will need:

Finished measurements

Total length: 195 cm / 76.77”

Total width: 43 cm / 16.93”

Yarn

De Rerum Natura Ulysse (100% French mérinos d'Arles and Portuguese black merino woolen spun in France - 202 yards (185 m) / 50 g): 4 balls OR 620 metres / 678 yards

held together with

De Rerum Natura Bérénice (55% super kid mohair, 25% silk, 20% wool; 210 metres / 230 yards per 25 g): 3 balls OR 620 metres / 678 yards

Sample shown is knit in Ulysse "poivre et sel" held together with Bérénice "poivre et sel".

Needles

4.5 mm / US 7 circular needle with a cable length of at least 100 cm / 40” (or needle size to obtain gauge)

Gauge

17.5 sts x 28 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (worked flat, in quilted lattice stitch pattern, after blocking)

Notions

Blocking tools (blocking mats)

Cable needle (optional)

Darning needle

Tape measure

SKILLS & TECHNIQUES

• Long Tail Cast-On

• Reading your knitting

• Cable Cast-On

• Lace and cables

• Picot Bind-Off

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To knit the Beaten Track hat in Ulysse by Sara Ottosson (picture 4), you will need:

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

1 (2, 3)

Finished hat circumference: 45 (50, 55) cm / 17.75 (19.75, 21.75)” – recommended to be worn with 5-10 cm / 2-4” of negative ease.

Length, with folded brim, not including pom- pom: 22.25 (23.25, 24.25) cm / 8.75 (9.25, 9.5)”

Length, brim (folded): 8 (8.5, 9) cm / 3.25 (3.25, 3.5)”

Elisa wears a size 2 with 7 cm / 2.75" of negative ease.

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: 210 (245, 285) metres / 230 (270, 310) yards

CC: 80 (95, 110) metres / 90 (105, 120) yards

Add 20 metres / 20 yards of CC for optional pompom.

Sample shown is knit in colourways "potimarron" (MC) and "merlot" (CC). 

NEEDLES

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

3.5 mm / US 4 double-pointed needle

GAUGE

24 sts x 44 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (in the round, in Chart A, after blocking)

22 sts x 36 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (in the round, in stockinette stitch, after blocking)

23 sts x 32 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (in the round, in 1x1 rib stitch, after blocking)

NOTIONS

Darning needle

Pompom maker, 5 cm / 2" (optional)

Stitch marker

Tape measure

SKILLS & TECHNIQUES

• German Twisted Cast-On

• Mosaic Knitting / slip stitches

• Pompom making (optional)

• Reading charts (optional)

Photos credits: Melinda Dela Costa