RoxWrap Crossover Vest in Zyme Description: This vest is a timeless garment that can be layered for any season. Front and Back are joined up to the armholes. Garment is knit bottom-up. Style is hip length, fitted waist cardigan style with ribbed edges and horizontal rib front bands that broaden at the top and overlap. [...]
Windmill Scarf Yarntasting Cafe Design This scarf uses a single skein of VINYA, our luxurious chunky extrafine merino yarn. Enjoy! — Rox/ARTFIBERS Yarn: Artfibers “Vinya” Yardage required: 206 yards includes 10% extra to allow for differences between knitters. Needle Size: U.S. size 11 (8mm) Stitch Pattern: Windmill Stitch (multiple of 20 stitches): Hint: If the [...]
Brioche Bag (approximate finished size of bag section: 10″ X 10″) This archetypical bag is worn diagonally from one shoulder to the opposite hip. It is knitted in 2 identical pieces that extend from the bottom edge of the bag to the point at which the strap reaches the top of the shoulder. It is [...]
Designer comments from Rox This stuffed brim hat is one I’ve wanted to make again for many years, and this seemed like the perfect time. In the course of the project I realized that celebrating Mother’s day can continue even after one has no more mothers physically remaining. I remember that special glint in my [...]
TUBA is a handsome cowl, quickly knit. High ‘apparent value’ makes it a perfect gift. The almost architectural depth of texture comes from a seldom used but easy technique called Float Stitch. The design is by Roxanne Seabright (Rox), founder of Artfibers, the mill that produces the yarn in the pictures. We show it here [...]
Multistranding combines two or more strands in each stitch, as you create a knit or crocheted fabric. The technique is also called carrying along, since the multiple strands are held together and worked as one. You can think of the resulting fabric as a kind of tweed, but much less regular in pattern than the [...]
Baruch Gould taught a Freeform Knitting workshop last weekend at the Artfibers studio in Pinole. It was a special privilege to be there. All chairs were filled with an enthusiastic group, who seemed to share two things: advanced fiber skills, and a keen desire to experiment. Baruch had just returned from a conference on a [...]
