Kaffe Fassett Studio : Knitting

Knitting by Kaffe

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Diagonal Colourscape Scarves

Dotty Cushions

Half Circle Throw

Multistripe Cushion

Stone Triangles Cushion

Trapezoid Throw

X-Factor Blanket

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Holly in Felted Tweed for Rowan Knitting Magazine 50

Alder Wrap for Rowan Knitting Magazine 50

Zig Zag 45cm Cushion and Spot 45cm Cushion for Rowan Knitting Magazine 47

3D Blocks Throw for Rowan Knitting Magazine 47

Madras Blocks Throw for Rowan Knitting Magazine 47

Mini Squares 60cm Cushion for Rowan Knitting Magazine 47

Mini Squares Floor Cushion and Venetian Diamonds 60cm Cushion for Rowan Knitting Magazine 47

Spot 60cm Cushion for Rowan Knitting Magazine 47

Stripes Hanging for Rowan Knitting Magazine 47

Venetian Diamonds Throw and 40cm Cushion for Rowan Knitting Magazine 47

Zig Zag 60cm Cushion for Rowan Knitting Magazine 47

Madras Blocks Floor Cushion for Rowan Knitting Magazine 47

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Bubbles Art, knitted in Purelife Revive for Rowan Knitting Magazine 49

Heatwave Throw, knitted in Purelife Revive and Cotton Glace for Rowan Knitting Magazine 49

Jumping Jack Cushion, knitted in Cotton Glace for Rowan Knitting Magazine 49

Polka Dot Patches Art, knitted in Purelife Revive and Cotton Glace for Rowan Knitting Magazine 49

Scully Stripe Art, knitted in Purelife Revive and Cotton Glace for Rowan Knitting Magazine 49

Triangle Squares Cushion, knitted in Purelife Revive and Cotton Glace for Rowan Knitting Magazine 49

Unwind Wrap, knitted in Summer Tweed and Kidsilk Haze for Rowan Knitting Magazine 49

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Lidiya, Felted Tweed for Rowan Knitting Magazine 48

Lidiya Scarf, Felted Tweed for Rowan Knitting Magazine 48

Sofia Wrap, Kildsilk Aura for Rowan Knitting Magazine 48

Cassis for Rowan Knitting Magazine 45

Red Earth for Rowan Knitting Magazine 45

Red Earth (back) for Rowan Knitting Magazine 45

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Jewel Squares for Rowan Knitting Magazine 44

Earth Stripe Wrap for Rowan Knitting Magazine 42

Earth Stripe Tunic for Rowan Knitting Magazine 42

Suzani Wrap for Rowan Knitting Magazine 41

Hydrangea Cardigan for Rowan Knitting Magazine 41

Dotty for Rowan Knitting Magazine 40

Sampler Sweater for Rowan Knitting Magazine 35

China Clouds for Rowan Knitting Magazine 28

Shaded Diamonds for Rowan Knitting Magazine 35

Cap Ferrat Pima Cotton Cardigan (2013) for Peruvian Connection

Chloe Pima Cotton Tack Dress (2013) for Peruvian Connection

Crayon Stripe Pima Cotton Shrug (2013) for Peruvian Connection

Mynas Pima cotton Tunic Vest (2013) for Peruvian Connection

Inlay Pima Cotton Cardigan (2012) for Peruvian Connection

Red Mesa Vest (2012) for Peruvian Connection

Chiclayo Vest (2012) for Peruvian Connection

Mekori Cardigan (2012) for Peruvian Connection

Stepped Cowlneck (2011) for Peruvian Connection

Electra Cardigan (2011) for Peruvian Connection

Kuba Cardigan (2011) for Peruvian Connection

Hanover Vest (2011) for Peruvian Connection

Origami Kimono (2011) for Peruvian Connection

Chroma Cardigan (2010) for Peruvian Connection

Checkerboard Cardigan (2009) for Peruvian Connection

Nantucket Cardigan (2009) for Peruvian Connection

Salamanca Cardigan (2009) for Peruvian Connection

Nightfall Kimono (2008) for Peruvian Connection

Sea Oat V-neck (2008) for Peruvian Connection

Marble Squares Pillow and Throw (2008) for Peruvian Connection

Kilim Garden Cardigan (2008) for Peruvian Connection

Kaleidoscope Cardigan (2008) for Peruvian Connection

Pinwheel Kimono (2007) for Peruvian Connection

Huari Steps Pullover (2007) for Peruvian Connection

Leopard Spot Wrap Cardigan (2005) for Peruvian Connection

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"Those of you who feel knitting has changed your life,
welcome to the club. I can think of no better
occupation to reveal your own creativity" - Kaffe Fassett

"Like so many other crafts, knitting has the potential to create magic in our lives".

Mosaic-making, woodcarving, tapestry, quilting and so on, are all capable of lifting every day household objects out of the ordinary to brighten our days. Instead, they are often responsible for drab, uninspired works that have the opposite effect. In my teaching workshops, I try to persuade people that they can make something really beautiful and life-enhancing and I usually encounter the same protest, "But you're an artist. You know about colour and we don't". This misconception is one of the main reasons for my writing this book. I want to try to convey to you that a sense of colour is not something you automatically know about; you discover and rediscover its secrets by playing with it and, above all, by constantly looking...

My own story in the knitting world is a graphic example of 'ignorance is bliss'. Having spent most of my life, until the age of 28, as a painter of still life and portraits, I had no experience of needlework. Often I would find myself drooling over some richly woven or embroidered cloth in a still life and wonder how on earth it was made. Now at that time, in the early sixties, there was a taboo against 'serious' artists dabbling in the crafts. However, on a fabric-buying trip with Bill Gibb to the Holm Mills in Inverness, I finally succumbed. The knitting yarns at the back.

Glorious Knitting, Kaffe Fassett 1985

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Kaffe Fassett's Patchwork

From Passionate Patchwork:

Initially, we spent days poring over books on exhibitions of old quilts, never tiring of their highly inspiring content. It won't have escaped patchwork aficionados that I borrow heavily from classic old geometry. My logic tells me 'why strive for complicated, difficult-to-sew arrangements when simple squares, diamonds and triangles are so endlessly fascinating as long as the colours are alive.'

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Kaffe Fassett's Needlepoint

The beauty of needlepoint is that the actual technique is even easier to learn than basic knitting. Before attempting needlepoint, I had the idea that it required a daunting amount of patience to produce. Imagine my amazement when my first attempt at stitching flowed along so effortlessly that I was done in no time.

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Kaffe Fassett's Mosaic

Mosaics first excited my vision a long time ago. All through my early years in California I was aware of mosaic on eccentric structures like Watts Towers in Los Angeles and small examples in San Francisco's Chinatown. But what impressed me the most in those days were the personal mosaics of an artist friend of my family who covered walls, tables and window sills with keys, bottles, tinselly glass, beads and other unrespected materials.

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