Franklin Habit was Here
Earlier this month, Franklin Habit taught three days of workshops for the Weavers Guild of St. Louis. The first day's subject was Mosaic Knitting.
After the workshop, I knit a small project using the technique. The yarn used is
Queensland Collection Brisbane - pure Australian superwash wool, 144 yds per ball, "5" weight (bulky or chunky weight). I purchased 2 balls at Knitorious recently - black and a black and white gradient. The yarn has a nice, squishy squeezability to it. The pattern is a modified version of the first Mosaic Knitting pattern in this Vogue Knitting magazine from 2014 (Winter 2014/15), which I happened to be paging through after the workshop.
(I also noticed a fair number of MK patterns in my back issues of Rowan magazine, although the technique is not labeled (never noticed before that the technique being used is never labeled in the Rowan magazines).)
I'm planning another project using the technique from the knitting plaid workshop that was also part of the Franklin Habit workshop series. I'm going to knit a large piece, add the plaid weaving, and then felt it for a purse, using Valley Yarns Amherst, which seems to felt really well. I'm picturing felted knitting with leather handles and a lining.
After the workshop, I knit a small project using the technique. The yarn used is
Queensland Collection Brisbane - pure Australian superwash wool, 144 yds per ball, "5" weight (bulky or chunky weight). I purchased 2 balls at Knitorious recently - black and a black and white gradient. The yarn has a nice, squishy squeezability to it. The pattern is a modified version of the first Mosaic Knitting pattern in this Vogue Knitting magazine from 2014 (Winter 2014/15), which I happened to be paging through after the workshop.
(I also noticed a fair number of MK patterns in my back issues of Rowan magazine, although the technique is not labeled (never noticed before that the technique being used is never labeled in the Rowan magazines).)
I'm planning another project using the technique from the knitting plaid workshop that was also part of the Franklin Habit workshop series. I'm going to knit a large piece, add the plaid weaving, and then felt it for a purse, using Valley Yarns Amherst, which seems to felt really well. I'm picturing felted knitting with leather handles and a lining.
