Wrap him up! This elegant scarf by Amy Tyszkiewicz is made of plush 4-ply Verdant Gryphon Mondegreen (60% Bluefaced Leicester wool, 20% baby camel, 20% silk)—super warm and cozy! And he’ll love the manly reversible stitch pattern and horizontal stripes. You will need a yarn needle and 1 pair of US #8 (5 mm) 31” or longer circular needles (the scarf is knit flat, but the circular needle is necessary to comfortably accommodate the stitches). Kit includes yarn and pattern only. Gorgeous Mondegreen, Verdant Gryphon’s seasonal base, comes 200 yards per 4-ounce skein; gauge approximately 4 stitches per inch in stockinette stitch. 

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Check out this amazing fringed poncho by designer Annie Modesitt! Easier to knit than you’d think, this project uses a combination of simple techniques, and unites two rectangles to create one harmonious WOW garment. Made with Imperial Stock Ranch’s Native Twist Soft Spun Single (100% wool, 150 yards per 4-ounce skein, 3 stitches per inch on US #11 needles). 

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We are so proud to introduce the newest member of The Yarn Company team - Meet our international house designer, Maria Zverin! This Russian-born innovator has developed her own knitting methods, and has had her work shown at Tel Aviv Museum, in the Group Exhibition of Avant-Garde dresses, at  the Weizmann Institute of Science, and the several Fashion Shows.  Her fabrics vary in density and transparency due to the combinations of yarns and their differing qualities and colors---she often uses over a hundred different yarns in one project! 

 

 This in turn affects the ways one can wear the garments and move in them, and changes the visual impact, the way the body is seen. She teaches textile design at Shenkar, in Israel ---lucky students, and lucky us! We will be unveiling her designs, exclusively for The Yarn Company slowly. Stay tuned for many more surprises and much more about Maria. Meanwhile , read below about our first Maria-design, the Raven Sweater.

 Fly through the fall in this vampy sweater, exclusive to The Yarn Company by Maria Zverin! A surprisingly easy project despite its increasing sleeves and asymmetrical neckline; all the details are done in plain knitting. Maria’s pattern is a size 38, combining four balls of Tahki Stacy Charles’s laceweight Luna (71% super kid mohair, 20% silk, 9% Lurex metallic) with two balls of Filatura Di Crosa’s DK-weight Zara (100% extrafine merino wool). Glamorous Luna is luxurious, light and slightly glittery, while classic Zara ensures solid structure and a long-lasting garment. “Forevermore!” Gauge 4.5 stitches per inch on US #7 needles.

 

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