Laine Issue 25: Yarn Suggestions
This issue includes twelve light and relaxed summer garments and accessories, perfect for the warmer months. The knits are worked in a variety of yarns suited for summer, and they feature many interesting techniques and textu res. Herer are some suggestions for yarns that will work with the patterns.
Glow, designed by Imke Von Nathusius, is a roomy drop-shoulder sweater that has a lacy cabled texture interrupted by stocking stitch sections for a casual, modern look. The lace pattern is easy to memorise, making for a relaxing knit. The sweater requires 1160 – 2230m of fingering weight yarn.
Yarn suggestions:
WYS Solstice, Malabrigo Sock, Scheepjes Whirlette
Ice Cream, designed by Maria Gomez, is a boxy, cropped cardigan which features an interesting textured stitch pattern that is easy to memorise and fun to knit! Ice Cream is knitted in fluffy lace -weight yarn with a lot of positive ease, creating a lightweight fabric. You will need 1250 – 3575m of fluffy lace-weight yarn.
Yarn suggestions:
Rico Super Kid Mohair Loves Silk, Drops Kid Silk
Gemstone, designed by Lotta H. Lothgren, is a geometric patterned, triangular shawl. It is knitted with two different weights of yarn: a fingering weight for the solid shade and a multi-coloured DK. You will need 330m of fingering weight yarn for the main colour and 200m of DK weight yarn for the contrast.
Yarn suggestions:
Fingering – Drops Baby Merino, Drops Fabel
Dk – Uneek Dk, Symfonie Viva
Sea, designed by Sus Gepard, is an over-sized version of the classic, beloved T-shirt. It features decorative chain stitch borders in a contrasting colour round the hem, neckline and sleeve edges, inspired by a vintage baseball tee. you will need 540-840m chunky cotton yarn and 178 – 356m of fingering weight cotton in colour A and 178m in colour B.
Yarn Suggestions:
Chunky: Cuddle Soft Chunky
Fingering: Drops Safran
Francisca, designed by Antonio Jesus Castillo Urquizar, is a boxy top Featuring a simple lace and cable pattern. The armhole edgings are worked as part of the main body, creating a gentle cabled edge. The round neck adds simplicity, whie its chic, laid-back style makes in a versatile staple for your summer wardrobe. You will need 700-1900m of fingering weight yarn.
Yarn suggestions:
Harvest Fingering, WYS Solstice, Malabrigo Sock, Hot Socks Pearl
Doezel, designed by Maaike Van Geijn, is a neckerchief that is great to wear when you just want a little something round your neck. The shape – a triangle with a distinctive rectangular centre panel – has been inspired by traditional Faroese shawls, You will need 400m of lace-weight yarn for the main colour and approx 330m in one or more contrast colours,
Yarn suggestions:
WYS Exquisite Lace, Rico Super Kid Mohair Loves Kid Silk, Drops Kis-Silk
Lumino, designed by Linda Lencovic, is an over-sized jumper that reimagines the classic raglan with a sport twist. Crafted seamlessly from the top down, it combines two yarns for a beautifully marled effect. A stripe detail along the raglan and sides of the body is achieved by dropping the lace-weight contrast colour, adding a subtle, yet striking simple detail. You will need 1090 – 1685m of fingering weight yarn and 1090-1685 of lace weight yarn.
Yarn suggestions
Fingering weight: Drops Fabel, Malabrigo Sock, WYS Solstice
Lace weight: Drops Kid-Silk, WYS Exquisite
Dianxin, designed by Kaori Katsurada, is a cropped, frilled cardigan, made by holding two strands of sport-weight yarn together. The name of the pattern means ‘dim sum’ in Chinese and the rounded shape, puffy sleeves, frilled hem and soft pale colour resemble these Chinese dumplings. You will need 675-1535m in each of 2 sport-weight yarns or in 1 worsted weight yarn.
Yarn suggestions
Sport-weight yarn: Drops Alpaca, Hjerte Highland Wool, Drops Safran
Worsted weight: Malabrigo Rios, Drops Paris
Orma, designed by Marie-Eve Wedge, is a summer cardigan that features a fun-to-knit and easy to memorise stitch pattern reminiscent of a woven basket. Its over-sized and cropped nature makes it easy to throw over any summer outfit. Orma is Italian for ‘footsteps’. You will need 1095-2195m of fingering or sport-weight yarn.
Yarn suggestions:
Scheepjes Stone Washed, Drops Safran,
Bluet, designed by Audrey Borrego, is a fine, airy scarf inspired by the floating fabrics of summer. IWith its trapezoid shape, easy texture and and geometric lace, it is a relaxing project to be worn on summer evenings or cooler days. You will need 500m of sport weight yarn.
Yarns suggestions:
Scheepjes Stone Washed Minerals, Drops Safran
Kallos, designed by Marina Storm, is pure elegance! The bottom-up design features plain stocking stitch on the body and a deep V-neck which is worked from the middle of the bust to the shoulders. At the end, lace is worked above the V neck to create a shawl-like hug around the shoulders. You will need 444-854m of colour 1 and 175m of colour 2 of light, fingering-weight yarn.
Yarn suggestions
Scheepjes Whirlette, Hot Socks Pearl
Shoaling, designed by Lindsey Fowler, are socks with diagonal bands inspired by waves rolling into the shore and then receding out to sea. The socks are knitted top-down beginning with a Half-Twisted Rib cuff. You will need 240-345m of sock yarn in the main colour and 55-75m in the contrast colour.
Yarn suggestions
HAPPY KNITTING!