AboutWendy Beckett Expertise I can answer all questions on any aspect of knitting (and most on crochet) but have no experience of spinning. Pattern problems, yarn substitutions, gauge, translating knitting terms from US/UK, resources for patterns and equipment - whatever you want to know about knitting I can probably answer it.
Experience Over 30 years of personal knitting experience I have tackled most things in the knitting arena - lace, cables, fairisle. I have even done a little dyeing and have a couple of years crochet experience.
Publications I write a knitting blog, www.wendyswoolies.com
Education/Credentials If there were a degree in knitting I'd take it!
Question Hi wendy
I hope you might be able to help me? I am fairly confident as a handknitter but am not used to creating patterns from scratch; i recently saw the film 'The Edge of Love' with sienna miller and kiera knightly and really enjoyed the vintage knitwear featured in many of the scenes. At one point the two actresses are on a beach and sienna is wearing a mustard yellow cardigan with a leaf pattern knitted up the front pannels and along the 'spine' of the arm panels.
i found a few images by looking on 'google' and typing in 'the edge of love' - if you look at google 'images' you will see the cardigan i mean.
i would really love it if you could give me a few helpful hints on how to achieve the leaf pattern; i have an aran knitting book and it does feature a leaf pattern, but its not as bold a design as the one featured in this film. i love the pattern very much and am desperate to try it out for myself on a cardigan.
if you could help i'd really appreciate it.
thank you
best regards
stephanie white
ps. i have two images but i cannot seem to attach them to this email?
Answer Not seen the film yet but the cardigan looks fab!! I think the closest I've seen is the column of leaves scarf which is available as a free pattern here -
I knit this (my scarf is one of the images on the pattern site, the mauve/lilac one!!!) - most of the pics on the site are in fairly lightweight yarns but I think if you played around with heavier yarns and larger needles then I think it would stand out bolder. The best idea is to try a few samples out.
Hope this helps - might have to try this one out for myself!
