LAINE 20 | Highlights + Yarn Guide
Laine 20, Waterways, invites you to spend a day by the sea — you can almost smell the salty air and feel the soft breeze in your hair!
This issue includes ten beautiful and unique knits perfect for the season: the kind that will keep you warm on the first spring days when you can’t get enough of the outdoors but still need that extra layer to keep you warm.
In the articles, we meet Finnish knitwear designer Jenny Ansah who wants to bring a stronger sense of community to the world of handicrafts. Explore the results of Laine’s first-ever Knitting Survey, and a stash of regular articles to guide you through the season.
Laine 20 includes 10 knitting patterns (both charts and written instructions provided) for 5 sweaters, 1 cardigan, 1 tee, 2 shawls and 1 pair of socks.
Laine 20 is available HERE. Find our pattern highlights and yarn guide below.
Let’s Take a Closer Look….
Jiellâh
DESIGNER: Susanna Kaartinen
PATTERN NOTES: A comfy loose fitting cardigan with drop-shoulders and deep V-neck. The all-over graphic texture is created using the syncopated shaker stitch.
YARN WEIGHT: Fingering / 4 Ply + Lace / 2 Ply
YARN SUGGESTION: JARDIM + KID SETA
YOU’LL NEED: Yardage and sizing available HERE
Pladda
DESIGNER: Rebecca Clow
PATTERN NOTES: A top-down raglan with an all-over windowpane check. We love the modern graphic colour-work!
YARN WEIGHT: DK / 8 ply
YARN SUGGESTION: COSY COMFORT 8 PLY
YOU’LL NEED: Yardage and sizing available HERE
Columns
DESIGNER: Thea Vesterby
PATTERN NOTES: A classic drop-should sweater worked seamlessly from the top down. Texture is created with a simple all-over lace pattern.
YARN WEIGHT: DK / 8 ply
YARN SUGGESTION: MIDLANDS MERINO 8 PLY
YOU’LL NEED: Yardage and sizing available HERE
Sea Salt
DESIGNER: Marion Em Knits
PATTERN NOTES: A relaxed hoodie with drop shoulder styling, cropped sleeves create a summery throw-over look.
YARN WEIGHT: DK / 8 ply
YARN SUGGESTION: BENJAMIM
YOU’LL NEED: Yardage and sizing available HERE
Tepliy
DESIGNER: Olga Putano Designs
PATTERN NOTES: Another comfortable sweater for mid season wear. Contrasting stitch patterns at the sides and sleeves add interest to this classic shape.
YARN WEIGHT: DK / 8 ply
YARN SUGGESTION: MIDLANDS MERINO 8 PLY
YOU’LL NEED: Yardage and sizing available HERE
YARN KIT: Available HERE
Ottilia
DESIGNER: Eliza Hinkes
PATTERN NOTES: A rectangular shawl in a squishy DK weight yarn featuring a geometric lace design mirrored at each end. To finish, fringing is woven into the lace eyelet columns.
YARN WEIGHT: DK / 8 ply
YARN SUGGESTION: MIDLANDS MERINO 8 PLY + DREAMTIME MERINO 4 PLY
YOU’LL NEED: Yardage and sizing available HERE
Heligan
DESIGNER: Qing Studio
PATTERN NOTES: Light as a feather, this cabled mohair sweater cascades from top to bottom. Increases are worked within the cables to accentuate their volume, while dropped stitches make for a dramatic finish.
YARN WEIGHT: Lace / 2 ply + Lace / 2 ply
YARN SUGGESTION: UMA
YOU’LL NEED: Yardage and sizing available HERE
Devana
DESIGNER: Marzena Kołaczek
PATTERN NOTES: This cropped summer vest is worked seamlessly from the top down. Delicates stripes of lace and seed stitch come together to create a romantic summer piece.
YARN WEIGHT: Light Fingering / 3 ply
YARN SUGGESTION: MADRAGOA
YOU’LL NEED: Yardage and sizing available HERE
Peppy
DESIGNER: Lily Kate France
PATTERN NOTES: Layers of squishy garter stitch are seemed together to create a drapey asymmetric shawl.
YARN WEIGHT: Fingering / 4 ply
YARN SUGGESTION: ALPACA 4 PLY
YOU’LL NEED: Yardage and sizing available HERE
In Bloom
DESIGNER: Winter's Weather Knits
PATTERN NOTES: Floral themed socks featuring tiny flowers adorning the toes and cuffs. The pattern is written for magic loop (but DPNs will also suit), perfect for the sock knitters that love their long circulars.
YARN WEIGHT: Light Fingering / 3 ply
YARN SUGGESTION: MEIA
YOU’LL NEED: Yardage and sizing available HERE