| Signatur Handknits |
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| It's show time! |
Quilt NSW Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
Thursday 17 - Saturday 19 Sept 9.30am to 4pm
One of my last shows of the year where I'll have a sale rail with discontinued designs and sample garments.
Fibrefest Wyong Sunday 27 Sept
10am - 3pm Wyong Racecourse Club
Exeter Village Market is the first Saturday of every month and, as Spring springs, I just enjoyed my last one for 2026.There's a great range including my knitwear.
Cashmere yarns, Australian wool, leather work, pottery, collectables and fresh vegies - a true village market.
Signatur will be back at Exeter market in May 2027 |
| Why not visit the Signatur studio? |
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Holidays in or around Sydney are a great excuse to visit my studio at Killarney Heights. Please make sure you call a couple of days before, just in case I've knit the road.
Jane 0427 064 834 Jane@sigknit.com |
| Signatur Swingcoats |
.jpg) Swingcoats have it all! Ease and Fit. I recently taught three classes at the NSW Knitters Guild annual Gathering at Stanwell Tops: Knitting Mitres, Knitting Textured Patterns and my Fit and Ease class. In my class I demonstrate ease with both machine knits and handknits: the lighter weight a garment the less ease. We see this with 4ply garments knitted to hug the body all the way up to 16ply super chunky, which you would surely never knit to hug your body!
My range of swingcoats bring together ease and fit. The fit is over the shoulders which supports the lower body and also gives a perfect amount of ease - or in this case, swing.
I introduced swingcoats in the 1990's when I started making to measure. I was adding ease into the hips of designs so I thought, "Why not create designs that swing?"
Voila! Swingcoats! |
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Top shows the Fan & Cable Swingcoat in cream.
Above is three Diamond Cable Swingcoats with around neck or Vee Shawl collar. Below is Tudor Swing with Autumn leaves, centre is Gumleaf Swing (sometimes called feathers). Right is my Times Cable Swing. All designs are available as knitting kits. |
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| A longer Harvest adds A-Line |
| Harvest Jacket now has a longer version with added A-Line shaping to create a swagger style with extra room over your hips. It's a perfect opportunity to take a closer look at the stitch patterns in Harvest Jacket. |
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| Beauty, proportion and fun to knit |
Harvest Jacket started with the Apple Tree which is centre back between the shoulders, this took about 6 swatches to achieve the right balance between proportion, shape and just looking 'right'.
Picking up neckbands is always a challenge and even moreso from Reverse Stocking stitch if you want to achieve a good finish. I use what I call a Garter Ridge, the pick up row right front edge to left front edge is knit, the first WS row knit to achieve Purl on the RS, Purl next row RS = 2 rows of Purl, WS row Purl. Then work the rib of the collar. This Garter Ridge Purl hides any uneveness in the pick up row. |
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The small Pear Tree (left) has grasses each side. With 8 chest sizes I give the grasses as a row-by-row instruction, which I have continued for the full garment.
The most challenging section to design was the half Apple tree that is each side of the buttonband. The challenge was to bring the tree branches from the cable, and I'm very happy with the results.
On the needles at present I have a longer style with more A-line adding a slight Swagger into the hip. The original only has a touch of A-line into the side panels. |
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| Famous Paintings come to life |
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I do love Picture knitting. In the 1990's I had a huge range of picture knits. I always knit the first sample so I can play with the colours as I go. Once knitted I I tidy up and graph the design. A piece of cake? Not when I look back at the 100's of hours it takes to bring it to you as a kit or custom finished garment knitted by my beautfully talented knitters!
This first sample shown above started at the back with Ocean Blue as the base, to make Van Gogh's Sunflowers pop. For the left front of 'Girl with a Pearl Earing' by Johannes Vermeer I used a Charcoal base colour then added red tulips because their bulbs were wildly valued at this time in history.
The right front has Klimt's Woman in Gold, the sleeves have Monet's Water Lillies and Van Gogh's Starry Night. Of course my handmade buttons abound. |
For Famous Paintings second sample knit,
I'm using Steel Blue as the base colour. |
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| Hats, wraps & accessories |
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Already have a pattern? No probs - you can purchase yarn only. Or if you want a complete kit see accessories on Shopify.
If you want to knit the same hat twice simply order one kit and then buy balls of yarn for the second kit. it couldn't be easier....
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| Perfectly small projects, whether they're single colour, flecked yarn or multi-colour combinations |
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Verve 12 ply is 70% Wool & 30% Acrylic with 90m to 50g. Available in four colours the long drifts of colour are showcased beautifully in the Wave Wrap kit above.
Read about short rows in Jane's Dec 2022 newsletter Short rows |
 Verve is also available as kits for hats, with the patterns written for both 8ply and 12ply yarn. Hats require 100g (2 x 50g) of yarn.
Accessories can be knitted in either Verve or Wool Fleck. The Muffin Top & Wicked Hats are two separate patterns, though the fundamentals are similar.
Hat patterns can be knitted circular or on straight needles.
Wool Fleck Mustard Wicked Hat &
Wool Fleck Stone Muffin Top below.
Also 2 shades of Denim are available. |
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| Busy between seasons |
| From December to March Brett and I have a Garlic business so you'll find us at The Beaches Farmers Market at Warriewood. This is weekly around Jan/Feb. We'll also be at Exeter Village Market the first Saturday in December with our green (freshly picked) crop and in February when it's been dried. |
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| If you'd like to discuss anything about knitting, please email Jane. Thanks for your support: Laura, sister Annette, Anne, Anna, Petra, Philippa, Helen, Cathryn, Stephanie, Margaret, Dodie & I look forward to seeing you in the knitting circle! |
