Universal Yarn Wisdom Book : Poems Windfall eBook Knitting

Universal Yarn Wisdom Yarns Book 4: Windfall Poems eBook Knitting Patterns

About This Collection

Windfall is the third collection of knitting patterns from designer Cornelia Tuttle Hamilton, exclusively featuring yarns from the Universal Yarn Wisdom Yarns Poems Collection. This downloadable PDF eBook contains eight distinct knitting designs, each named after female characters from Miguel de Cervantes' classic novel Don Quixote. The collection celebrates the designer's return to establishing a home in America, with the title Windfall representing this significant life transition.

Garments and Designs Included

• Maritornes - A cardigan featuring the designer's distinctive surface weaving technique, worked in Poems Silk Solids and self-striping Poems yarns
• Teresa - A lacy shawl design combining multiple yarn options from the Poems Collection
• Leonela - A large-scale mitered serape showcasing the self-striping and solid colorways
• Marchella - An additional design utilizing Poems Collection yarns
• Camilla - A twisted stitch pullover worked in Forte, the super-bulky yarn from the Poems Collection
• Altisidora - A coordinating hat design featuring Forte super-bulky yarn
• Dulcinea - A scarf design completing the hat and scarf combo in Forte
• Zoraida - An additional pattern design from the collection

Knitting Techniques

This collection showcases advanced knitting techniques suitable for intermediate to experienced knitters. Designs feature surface weaving, a distinctive method where yarn is woven across the surface of completed knitted fabric to create dimensional texture and visual interest. Lace knitting is employed in shawl designs, requiring careful attention to yarn overs and decreases to create openwork patterns. Mitered construction is used for the large-scale serape, a technique that creates geometric diamond-shaped sections through strategic increases and decreases. Twisted stitches add textural variation to pullover designs, creating a more sculptural fabric surface.

Stitches and Stitch Work

Patterns utilize fundamental knitting stitches including knit and purl stitches as foundational elements. Lace patterns incorporate yarn overs to create decorative holes and openwork sections. Twisted stitch techniques manipulate standard stitches by working into the back loop, creating a distinctive slanted appearance. Mitered decreases and strategic shaping create the geometric patterning characteristic of serape construction. Ribbing and stockinette stitch provide structure and drape in various garment sections.

Yarn and Materials

All designs in this collection are created using yarns from the Universal Yarn Wisdom Yarns Poems Collection. This collection includes Poems Silk Solids, offering solid colorways with silk content for lustrous drape and refined appearance, and Poems self-striping yarns, which feature built-in color variations that create automatic striping patterns without color changes during knitting. The collection also features Forte, a super-bulky yarn option within the Poems line, designed for quick projects with dramatic texture and substantial weight. Appropriate knitting needles and stitch markers are required, with specific sizes determined by individual pattern requirements and gauge specifications included in each design.

Pattern Format and Use

This eBook provides downloadable PDF instructions for personal use. Readers are permitted to print one copy of the pattern instructions and accompanying charts or schematics for individual knitting projects. All patterns include finished measurements, size options, cast-on instructions, and row-by-row or round-by-round guidance to complete each design successfully.