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The Story:
Wenlan Chia, Twinkle’s founder is a ready-to-wear designer who loves handknitting. Sweaters and knitted accessories are an integral part of every Twinkle ready-to-wear collection. Her yarns—Soft Chunky, and Cruise—are distributed by CEY and patterns for her sweaters are collected in her books, Weekend Knits, Town and Country Knits and Big City Knits, published by Potter Craft.
Twinkle and CEY have teamed up with Vogue Knitting to offer some special edition Twinkle designs, available only at VogueKnitting.com. The most recent edition to this series is Broadway, an adorable vest with a deep cowl neck and lovely button details along one side.
The Yarn:
Soft Chunky
100% virgin wool
Twinkle Soft Chunky is a super-soft chunky 100% virgin wool yarn with a very loose twist. This loose twist allows for the yarn to be knitted at a large gauge (1½ to 2 stitches per inch!) while keeping the finished garments from getting too heavy. At this gauge the stitches are so large that even in Stockinette Stitch, the stitches themselves become a wonderful design element in the finished knit. Worked on big needles, Wenlan’s designs in Soft Chunky are innovative and knit up super fast. For Soft Chunky’s color palette Wenlan chose a mix of 41 current fashion colors and classic vintage shades.
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The Pattern:
Here is the free downloadable Soft Chunky Broadway pattern from our friends at Vogue Knitting.
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