So October is zooming by in all its gorgeous colorful glory...its time to get back to knitting! Here is a brand new pattern to start you off in the right direction - Babette Chapeau, a super cute, super QuickKnit for the babies and kids in your life. You can now find a good selection of my patterns on ETSY...@JilEatonStudio. Enjoy!
Now that Labor Day and summer are behind us it's time to start those fall knitting projects - and it's never too early to begin holiday knitting plans. Here is the link to my new Esty shop, where I have my Jil Eaton Knitting School compendium available in the paperback edition, as well as a collection of instantly downloadable patterns. One pattern favorite best seller is Noel Noel, which includes instructions for two different and very QuickKnit, generous holiday stockings - you can easily add the names of your own darling bambinis when the stocking is complete!
JilEatonStudio.etsy.com
it's June, time for summer knitting - whip up this Smocked Daydress in cool cotton for your favorite little girl.......the smocked pattern is really very easy, just slow down and follow the instructions - you'll soon be smocking away!
Here's the perfect project for your Memorial Day weekend - start a simple, garter stitch seafaring pullover...generously sized from adult XS to XL, the Crew Sweater is easy to knit as well as wear. Knit in worsted weight, it is gauged for myriad yarns, but is really wonderful for Lily Brook Farms un-dyed Cormo worsted yarn. Many farm-to-knitter yarns can be scratchy and rough, both to knit and against the skin, but Lily Brook Cormo has a lovely hand, soft and pliable, similar to the more familiar Merino wool. The pattern is available on my Ravelry shop, and find the yarn on instagram @ninavfuller . Give it a try - you'll be genuinely hooked!
Not all sheep are created equal, and the Lily Brook Farms wool is harvested from well-loved, heritage Cormo and Scottie sheep in Hollis, Maine. The yarn is spun in small batches at a local mill, Underhill Fibers in Gorham, Maine, where hand-crafted care brings out the unique qualities of the wool. Here's another gorgeous Nina Fuller foto...This particular Farm-to-Knitter yarn is a treat to knit with - give it a try!
on instagram@NinavFuller for yarn, and for patterns check out my Ravelry shop...
Although the temperature in Maine today has risen to a toasty springtime 80, it's never too late to think about knitting for the cooler months...start soon and your wardrobe will be complete by the time autumn appears. Here is another pattern designed for Lily Brook Farms gorgeous farm-to-knitter yarn...a bulky weight, soft and loosely spun delight. The Wooly Turtleneck is one of my true QuickKnit patterns...you can find these patterns and more in my shop at www.ravelry.com/patterns/search#query=jil%20eaton, and the yarn on instagram @ninafuller
Enjoy!
It's the month of May, and lambs are frolicking in the fields...specifically at Lily Brook Farms in Hollis, Maine. Nina Fuller, my fabulously talented photographer (the author of these charming images), has a bucolic farm where she raises a variety of sheep, and is producing gorgeous farm-to-knitter yarns. Her Cormo sheep produce wool that is similar to Merino, prized by handknitters everywhere for its lovely fibers. Cormo sheep are an original Australian breed, a cross of Corridale and Merino sheep developed in the 1960's and brought to the US in 1976. Cormo sheep are a resilient breed that thrive in a variety of conditions, and their wool is a white, fine, long fleece with quite a unique degree of fiber consistency that results in yarn that is soft and wearable, and delightful to knit with. Raised on Lily Brook Farm, and spun at a local mill, Nina's wool is available in both worsted and bulky weights, from Cormo and Cormo-Scottie blend wool; contact her at @ninavfuller on instagram for purchasing information. I have designed a collection of patterns for her sumptuous yarns, now available at
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