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From the Castro to the Ferry Building and many places in between, take a knitting adventure through San Francisco. We introduce you to ten Bay Area knitwear designers, visit a dozen Bay Area LYSes, and share our favorite bits of the City by the Bay. Ten knitting patterns include:
Continuous shrug by Kelly White/Kelly White Designs
Ferry Building pullover by Sloane Rosenthal/Hudson + West Co.
Fog City hat by Faina Goberstein
Grant Avenue Stroll wrap by Yvonne Poon/Gamer Babe Knits
Half-Moon rug by Julie Weisenberger/Cocoknits
Lombard Street socks by Audry Nicklin
Mission Dolores mittens by Heatherly Walker/Yarn Yenta
Painted Lady cowl by Sonya Philip/100 Acts of Sewing
Yerba Buena poncho by Juliana Lustenader
18th & Castro top by Kathleen Dames & Vilasinee Bunnag/Loome
All patterns are in English and include schematics, measurements, written instructions, and charts as needed. Yarn support by Bay Street Yarns, The Dye Project, Hudson + West Co., Little Skein in the Big Wool, Love Fest Fibers, Seismic Yarns, Sincere Sheep, Speckled Finch Studios, Twirl Yarn, and A Verb for Keeping Warm. Photographed on location in San Francisco.
About the author
Kathleen Dames focuses on flattering designs and knitterly details for the garments and accessories she creates for her own pattern line, as well as publications such as Knitty, Jane Austen Knits, and Interweave Knits. From her first large-scale knitting project (a poncho from Melanie Falick's Weekend Knitting), she has been making patterns her own, thanks to her personal style and the wisdom of Elizabeth Zimmermann. Kathleen is cocreator of Filament, a quarterly knitting pattern collection filled of modern classics and a vintage sensibility, with Anne Podlesak of Wooly Wonka Fibers. She hosts the podcast The Sweater with Kathleen Dames on YouTube, where you will learn to knit a sweater in twelve weeks. Kathleen worked as an art director in book publishing for many years prior to embarking on a career in knitwear design. Having celebrated #tenyearsanewyorker in late 2017, she has lived there long enough to be a New Yorker but is still excited by all the wonders the city holds. Find more of her work at www.kathleendames.com.
