MDK Field Guide 15: Open
MDK Field Guide 15: Open
While we often knit with the intention of making a cozy, embracing fabric to keep out the cold, there is one kind of knitting that aims for openness, for letting light and air flow freely: lace. We create openness in our knitting by making intentional holes, which in turn form patterns.
MDK Field Guide 15: Open is the latest in this series of fun little pattern books from Modern Daily Knitting. This issue contains five gorgeous lace designs by British designer Jeanette Sloan. These contemporary designs include two narrow scarves, a sideways-knitted triangular shawl, a stole and a cocoon like cardigan that can be worn two ways.
Jeanette Sloan hails from England, where knitted lace has a long history. She likes to focus on contemporary interpretations though. Give her an old lace stitch guide, and her creative flood gates open.
Jeanette offers guidance to novice lace knitters and suggests working through the designs in the order they appear in the book to build skill and confidence. But there is plenty here to dive straight into for the more experienced lace knitter.
Scroll down to see the designs included.
Designs include:
JEANETTE SLOAN is a British knitwear designer who lives in Brighton and Hove, on the south coast of England. Her multifaceted career has included designing hand- and machine-knit and embroidered fabrics for ready-to-wear; creating patterns and yarns for handknitters; owning and managing a yarn shop; and making her own label ready-to-wear accessories.
She's written for a number of publications, including the UK's Knitting Magazine where she hosted the "Ask Jeanette" and "A to Z of Techniques" columns, she co-edited Warm Hands for Kate Davies Designs and, most recently, wrote "Black People Do Knit" and "A Colorful Debate."
In Spring 2020, Jeanette launched BIPOCinfiber.com, an online resource portal that amplifies and celebrates the work of black, indigenous, and people of color in the fiber industry. Instagram: @jeanettesloan Website: jeanettesloandesign.com