Mary Jane Mucklestone

Hand Knitting Blog & Knitting Patterns

Fly Away – Flying Geese!

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I’m off to the big city soon, New York, New York for Vogue Knitting Live! Woo hoo!
It will be so much fun – making new friends and knitting up a storm.

Before I fly the coop I’m leaving you a new pattern for fast, fair isle knitting fun! Flying Geese – inspired by the quilt pattern – turquoise geese fly against a gradient neutral background. Bright and subdued at the same time.

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A stellar first stranded colorwork project! Fun for the experienced too!

I used Harrisville Highland a worsted/aran weight yarn I fell in love with all over again last year when I taught my Color Immersion Weekend right there at Harrisville Designs in beautiful Harrisville New Hampshire. Their color range is sensational. If you order full skeins you’ll have enough yarn to make a few cowls. I’d get some of their hot pink or marigold to change it up a little. Of course a single cowl doesn’t require a lot of yarn, so you could easily go stash diving, the gradient needn’t be grey – as always the possibilities are endless!
Find out all the details and yarn amounts here.

10 patterns will fly away for free! Leave a comment from now through Thursday – I’ll be gifting Flying Geese to a random 10 of you who leave a cheery comment and your Ravelry ID! Spread the love, spread the fun!

ps. if you’re not on ravelry…you should be…but you can send me your email when I announce the winners on Friday.

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  1. wee! I’d love this, I’m in the middle of my first stranded color work pattern right now!

    Rav: kelsiemorgan

  3. Oh I just love this!! I’d love a chance to win! SeraM is my ravelry name and I’d love to have the pattern fly this way!

  4. I would very much love to knit this pattern. I just discovered you through twitter and I am already a big fan of your patterns. Thanks for creating such lovely knits! Sending a virtual hug your way.

  5. I think this new pattern is utterly charming! Well done mary jane! Thank you! Ravelry ID is : knitter.

  7. Love this pattern. The size of this project makes it a perfect traveling take along to tuck into a carry on. My flying geese cowl will be flying to Baltimore next week.

  10. The pattern is stunning. I have several cones of Harrisville waiting for a perfect project. Rav=grandmawhitecar

  11. I just finished one of your Border Socks and would love to do the flying geese cowl as my next project! But, I better cast on the second sock first!!!

  14. This is perfectly lovely! I just recently started colorwork and this would be just the pattern to keep my colorwork mojo going!
    My rav name is Camilliaknits
    Thanks!

  15. Oh so lovely, love the colors, how softly they blend, how cozy the cowl looks!
    Rav ID is bdgrammy

  16. Love the pattern! and the yarn and colors. As someone who loves to knit, and loves quilts, this is the perfect combo. Rav id = sueknitmiller. Met you at Rhinebeck and bought your books — please keep on creating new patterns for all us knitters.

  17. How perfect!! I am an obsessed quilter and knitter! I can’t imagine a more perfect accessory. It looks fun to knit and beautiful to wear.

  22. The colors are gorgeous at any time, but especially brighten my view in the middle of winter. Would love to have new colors to work on! 2HandsKnitting

  24. This would be be a lovely project for me to learn stranded knitting on. I LOVE cowls and wear them all the time in the winter. It really goes well with the mustard color, but I would do a multi on black, dark grey, and light grey if I had this pattern. Have a fun time in The Big Apple! Kimberlylynn on Ravelry.