My new design - Laguna sweater on the cover of Issue #127 of "Knit now" magazine

So thrilled to see my new design on the cover of Issue 127 of Knit Now Magazine :) 

Knit Now Issue 127 is on sale in shops across the UK from Thursday 25^th March. To find your nearest stockist, visit www.seymour.co.uk - or order online from www.craftstash.co.uk. You can also purchase a digital edition of the magazine via the PocketMags app.

Relaxed, comfortable and casual - this is what oversized clothing feels like. The long-running trend from the 80s was largely influenced by none other than the style icon Coco Chanel. She campaigned for more femininity - she wanted to create fashion for women who are elegant, self-confident but also flexible.

Laguna was inspired by this oversized clothing trend and is designed with a very loose, relaxed fit, with a casual, cool and incredibly wearable feeling. The sweater was knitted with King Cole merino blend 4ply yarn.

 

The duplicate stitch how-to

 Dolce & Gabbana

 

If you are tempted by colorwork patterns, like the gorgeous bouquet of roses by Dolce & & Gabbana, but hesitate to try, you can embroider the pattern on the knitted piece with the duplicate stitch. Or you can knit part of the pattern and embroider the rest.

In my new design "Field of daisies", I knitted the white parts of the daisies and embroidered the cyellow parts with the duplicate stitch. You can find the pattern for the shawl in the Feb/21 Issue of "I Like knitting" magazine, or here: www.ilikeknitting.com

Duplicate stitch is a knitting technique that allows you to cover a stockinette stitch while making it look like the new stitches are part of the knitting. It's often used for adding details and colorwork patterns to a project.

 Watch in the video below how to do the duplicate stitch :