Knitting Woolscapes

Knitting Woolscapes: Designs inspired by Coastal Marin Wool is Marlie de Swart's new pattern book for hand knitters, containing 25 original and unique designs. The gallery of images shown below includes all of the garments and hats in the book. Click any image to view larger.

Milk Maid Top

Leaf Hat

Estero Vest

Pinwheel Beret

Stinson Shrug

Bolinas Beanie

Four Panel Vest

West Marin Cap

Plowline Cardigan

Briones Vest

Wave West Vest

Drake's Crown

Inverness Cardigan

Dirndl Top

Ridge Hat

Coastal Sweater

Hedgerow Sweater

Palomarin Sweater

Echium Sweater

Lairds Landing Cardigan

Lairds Landing Sweater

Surfer's Beanie

Limentour Sweater

Audubon Canyon Cardigan

Bear Valley Sweater

Summer Ocean Top

Marlie de Swart

Knitting Woolscapes is an ode to Coastal Marin, the area in which Marlie lives. The sweaters, cardigans, vests and hats reflect the sophistication of nearby cosmopolitan San Francisco Bay Area, while maintaining the simplicity of country life. The raw local fiber used in these patterns come from sheep and alpacas that are raised within Marlie's fibershed, from within a radius of some 40 miles from Bolinas where the garments were designed and made. Working with this wool and alpaca is a pleasure for the senses and designing garments for this local resource is a privilege.

This book is a visual delight with beautiful photography of the garments by Paige Green, as well as the landscapes that inspired the designs.

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