Essentials on ‘Marlisle: A New Direction in Knitting’
Title: Marlisle: A New Direction in Knitting
Author: Anna Maltz
Publisher: Anna Maltz
Date: February 2018
ISBN: 978-0-9955994-1-3
Pages: 160, full-colour lithographic print
Cover: soft, PUR bound
Dimensions: 215mm x 269mm x 13mm
Weight: 600g
Cover price:
£21.50
€25.00
$28.50
PDF support
The book comes with a single-use download code for a PDF copy to be downloaded via Ravelry (no account necessary). There are no plans to make the complete book available as download only. A sticker with the individual download code can be found on the first page of text. If it is concealed by a silver sticker, please advise customers that they can use a penny to scratch off the surface and reveal their code. Customers who buy direct from www.annamaltz.com will have been emailed their code.
Website: www.annamaltz.com
Direct link: https://annamaltz.com/knits/marlisle-a-new-direction-in-knitting
Instagram: @sweaterspotter
Launch date: 10 February 2018
Back cover text
Somewhere within the tightly bound belief that everything has been done before, a little finger hole of wiggle room can be found to tease out a loose end and twist a different tale. Marlisle is a simple, yet novel approach to stranded knitting, where two colours magically become three by using yarn held double. Anna Maltz has designed 11 contemporary and wearable circular knits to introduce this technique to adventurous knitters of all levels. Spanning fingerless mitts, mittens, cowls, hats, a scarf, shawl, cardigan and sweaters, these cosy projects deftly show how Marlisle can be used to combine different weight yarns, create scattered motifs and mask jogs in unexpected ways. The results are strikingly graphic, textured, inspiring and intriguing. A design origin story and yarn pairing notes sets the scene for each pattern. All the projects are knitted in a combination of a natural, sheepy shade and a hand-dyed yarn from 22 different, passionate small-producers from around the world.
Author’s bio from book
Anna Maltz is an avid sweaterspotter and knit detective who sees the world through yarn-tinted spectacles. This is her second book of patterns and stories after Penguin: A Knit Collection. When she isn’t globetrotting to eat ice cream, meet friends and teach knitting, you can find her at home in London. She is the resident columnist for Pom Pom Quarterly and regularly contributes to other magazines, books and pattern collections. As the champion of Marlisle, Anna is thrilled to be sharing this new technique with the knitting public, and curious to see where it goes from here.
KEY COLLABORATORS
Accomplice and book design (layout and geometric illustrations): Kristin Blom
Photographer: Elle Benton, www.yellowbirdphotography.co.uk
Tech editor: Rosee Woodland, www.roseewoodland.com
Copy editor: Amelia Hodsdon, www.woollenwords.net
Sample knitters: Mandy Hewett, Emma Kylmälä, Pien Maltz-Klaar, Debbie Muir, Rachel Rawlins and Vonnie Wiliams.
Test knitters: 43 wonderful women in 10 different countries put the patterns through their paces to make sure they were ready for the knitting public. They are all named in the book
Non-knit clothes: The clothing in the book is sewn from Marilla Walker patterns available from www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MarillaWalker
Featured yarns
Baa Ram Ewe (Dovestone Natural), www.baaramewe.co.uk
The Birlinn Yarn Company (4ply), www.birlinnyarn.co.uk
Circus Tonic Handmade (Circus Single Ply), www.etsy.com/shop/CircusTonicHandmade
Dandelion Yarns (Dandelion Rosy Sport), www.dandelionyarns.se
Daughter of a Shepherd (4ply), www.daughterofashepherd.com
Ginger’s Hand Dyed (Masham Mayhem), www.gingertwiststudios.com
Jill Draper Makes Stuff (Mohonk), www.etsy.co/shop/jilldrapermakesstuff
John Arbon Textiles (Zwartbles), www.jarbon.com
The Little Grey Sheep (British Gotland Aran), www.thelittlegreysheep.co.uk
Moeke (Elena Single), www.moeke-yarns.com
Ovis Et Cetera (Quadruple Dutch), www.etsy.com/shop/Ovisetcetera
De Rerum Natura (Gilliatt), www.dererumnatura.fr
Retrosaria (Mé Mé 20), www.retrosaria.rosapomar.com
Rosedean Ryeland (DK), www.rosedeanryelands.co.uk
Rusty Ferret (Polwarth), www.fluph.co.uk
South Downs Yarn (Duncton Flock, DK), www.southdownsyarn.co.uk
Town End Yarns (Pure Natural Alpaca, 4ply), www.town-end-alpacas.co.uk
Filature Valgaudemar (Valgaudemar 2 Fils), www.filatureduvalgaudemar.com
A Verb For Keeping Warm (Flock 2nd edition), www.averbforkeepingwarm.com
Viola (Mooresburg DK), www.violaandthemoon.com
Whistlebare (Yeavering Bell Aran), www.whistlebare.co.uk
The Wool Kitchen (Sock), www.etsy.com/shop/Thewoolkitchen