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Fly Away – Flying Geese!

January 14, 2014 by Mary Jane

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.

Thanks everyone. The comments are closed.

Filed Under: Knitting, Travel Tagged With: VKLive NY

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  1. Kelsie says

    January 16, 2014 at 3:15 pm

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

    Rav: kelsiemorgan

    • Jill says

      January 16, 2014 at 11:34 pm

      I love when quilting and knitting collide. Beautiful. jillknitit on ravelry.

    • Susan Butorac says

      January 17, 2014 at 12:24 am

      I would love to win this flying geese pattern! Geese flying in this v formation are beautiful!

  2. Judy Boddy says

    January 16, 2014 at 3:49 pm

    Beautiful pattern . Hope one flys my way . Thank you , Ravelry HEYJUD

  3. Sarah Mahan says

    January 16, 2014 at 4:04 pm

    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. Heather scarlatelli says

    January 16, 2014 at 4:25 pm

    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. Jane / Knitter(ravelryID) says

    January 16, 2014 at 4:42 pm

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

  6. jette says

    January 16, 2014 at 4:49 pm

    This certainly going to my Ravelry queue! 🙂 I’m missk on Ravelry

  7. Mary Nehring says

    January 16, 2014 at 5:11 pm

    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.

    • Mary Nehring says

      January 16, 2014 at 5:13 pm

      Oh my Rav name is im2dye4

  8. Jan says

    January 16, 2014 at 5:15 pm

    Would be perfect to knit for my new lovely man I met on the 28th of December XXX from the Netherlands

  9. Christa says

    January 16, 2014 at 5:30 pm

    I love your pattern! Would love to make one. My ravelry id is cbtw. Thanks

  10. Nancy says

    January 16, 2014 at 6:07 pm

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

  11. Julia says

    January 16, 2014 at 6:31 pm

    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!!!

  12. Fran Maxwell says

    January 16, 2014 at 6:38 pm

    Beautiful pattern. It would be fun to knit!

  13. Sue says

    January 16, 2014 at 7:27 pm

    Oh, I NEED this cowl. It’s gorgeous!

  14. Andrea says

    January 16, 2014 at 7:54 pm

    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. Beverly says

    January 16, 2014 at 8:07 pm

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

  16. Sue says

    January 16, 2014 at 10:31 pm

    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. Nina Todaro says

    January 16, 2014 at 11:26 pm

    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.

  18. Heather Lane says

    January 16, 2014 at 11:43 pm

    I would be so amazed to have actually won something I so deeply love. I’m from Canada originally and it just reminds me of the goose!

    Heather Lane
    Heather.Lane@me.com
    rav: Rambina

  19. Elizabeth Thompson says

    January 17, 2014 at 12:51 am

    I am thinking let’s make some of the triangles yellow … Then we can play Duck, Duck, Goose!

    Great pattern ….

    Ravelry: ethompson40

  20. Christine says

    January 17, 2014 at 6:13 am

    What a fun cowl. Love it.

  21. Jen says

    January 17, 2014 at 1:06 pm

    Damn…one day late! 🙁

  22. Barbara Rottman says

    January 17, 2014 at 1:28 pm

    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

  23. Dianne Rasmus says

    January 17, 2014 at 7:54 pm

    LOVE this- am on ravelry too. love the colors

  24. Kimberly says

    January 17, 2014 at 11:55 pm

    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.

  25. Chris says

    January 18, 2014 at 1:20 am

    What a pretty cowl – I’d love to win the pattern.

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