MDK Field Guide 28: Renewal
MDK Field Guide 28: Renewal
No designer has given more to the knitting world than Norah Gaughan. For decades, she has been at the forefront of exquisite handknit design, melding technical brilliance with an unerring eye for what is beautiful to wear, and fascinating to knit.
The five designs in this Field Guide are all easy for you to pair with your own choice of yarn: DK-weight wool, plus silk/mohair carried with it for the Bolin and Addams cardigans and the Austen mitts.
Bolin Cardigan
As lush a design as we have ever offered, Bolin is simplicity itself: worked from the bottom up, with no shaping. This is a gently cropped silhouette, so great when layered over a favorite top. The sleeves are wide and decorated with a soft cable.
Addams Cardigan
The happy medium length, Addams is a showcase of Norah's superb skill with texture. Simple knits and purls keep the knitting interesting. The construction is simple, from the hem up, with a length that skims the hips. No buttons, just a lapel that rolls gently inside.
Jacobs Cardigan
This is Norah Gaughan at her most comforting—and spectacular. Jacobs is a magical cardigan that took our breath away when Norah showed us what she was up to. Addams stars long columns of simple, narrow cables. The knitting is hypnotic and rhythmic. The construction shows Norah’s sophisticated understanding of garment design.
Jacobs Hat
Here we have a knit-purl texture similar to that of the Jacobs Cardigan, in a quick project to get started with Norah’s new collection. Even a small design shows Norah’s ability to integrate a pattern into a particular construction. So clever!
Austen Mitts
So characteristic of Norah’s endless fascination with cables, the Austen Mitts have a cable that splits into a thumbhole, elegant and simple.