In 2017 when I started my change from business owner to freelance designer, The Fibre Co was my very first client. I worked on two designs for their collection called Borrowdale, one sweater, Skiddaw, and one sleeveless top, High Lorton. The sweater proved to be a huge success and did very well! In fact, it has been doing very well ever since and this year with all the restrictions we have had to battle with, The Fibre Co decided it was time for a “best of” collection. My Skiddaw sweater was selected to be a part of this!
The Fibre Co has remade their best designs in different colours for the Spring/Summer 2021 collection and I think they have done a great job. The original Skiddaw was knitted in a bright spring colour and photographed on a windy mountain. This photo shoots gives a totally different vibe and it’s nice to see this relaxed look working so well with my design.
Skiddaw is an oversized design with a generous amount of positive ease meaning that the jumper is wider than your body. This gives the garment a nice drape. The design is worked from one cuff and sideways across the body to the other cuff, a fun and interesting way to knit a jumper! The cable runs all the way from one cuff, across the body and down the sleeve to the other cuff.
My jumper has been knitted in Arranmore Light in this stunning teal colour called Kinnego Bay and for the photo shoot they decided to photograph the design with the cable to the front. The design was originally made with the cable running over the shoulders and back, but it looks really stunning this way too, don’t you think? One of my favourite things about designing for other people is seeing how they choose to style and photograph my work.
When reimagining these designs The Fibre Co also made the decision to add a few more sizes to the grading of this design. I worked with them on doing the maths for this and the design now comes in 9 sizes to fit chest: 78-81 [86-91: 97-102: 107-112: 117-122: 127-132: 137-142: 147-152: 157-162] cm (30-32 [34-36: 38-40: 42-44: 46-48: 50-52: 54-56: 58-60: 62-64] in).
The best of collection consists of 7 different designs by some amazing designers. The designs are:
Rathbone by @holliyeoh, Newlands by @pipandpin, Glykos by @dawn.landix, Irish Sea by @talviknits, Lingholm by @thehareandthecrow and Brandelhow by @moonstruck_knits. Tell me which one is your favourite in the comments below!
You can purchase the collection from The Fibre Co website with 30% discount when you buy all patterns together! You can head over to The Fibre Co website to take a look at all the different designs and to purchase the patterns.