Jamie & Jessi Seaton Caspian Flowers Pullover Kit in Vintage Rowan Wools

Description

Jamie and Jessi Seaton Caspian Flower's Kit - From
Summer and Winter Knitting -
Vintage Rowan Botany, Fine Fleck Tweed, and Kaffe Fassett Light Tweed
Another vintage design from the husband and wife team, Jamie and Jessi Seaton.  The Seatons collaborated with Rowan for nearly a decade, contributing patterns to many of their early magazines, then sadly left the knitting business to run a very successful store in London - Toast.   Their style was distinctive, complex motif intarsia patterns typically knit in fine yarns and wonderfully deep colors. At one point in time they employed hundreds of hand knitters throughout the United Kingdom to make up their wonderful designs, destined to sell in high end New York department stores like Henri Bendel for thousands of dollars.  Caspian Flowers dates from 1987 where the design appeared in Stephen Sheard's
Summer and Winter Knitting
.  The black colorway was available as an Rowan Kit that same year.
Inspired by the beautiful prayer rugs of the Caucasus, the kit was extremely popular seller and you can see why. The wonderful  combination of geometric patterns with floral motifs on the black background are still as classic today as they were in the late 1980's when the design was first published.  This standard fit pullover can be knit in any of three sized to fit 36, 38, or 40 inch chest/bust.  Featuring a shawl collar, the pattern gives alternative instructions to knit a crew neck version.  Knit in long discontinued Rowan botany, Fine Fleck Tweed, and Kaffe Fassett Light Tweed Caspian is truly a classic from hand knitting history.   As with most of the Seaton's work the cardigan is knit in motif intarsia where the background color is carried across the row, but each design motif is knit from a separate mini-hank or bobbin of yarn. Suitable for experienced knitters comfortable with this type of intarsia. The cardigan features deep inset sleeves, a shawl or crew neck collar, simple shaping, and ribbed edges.  Our kit is an original Rowan pack (without the tattered cardboard box) and contains all the vintage Rowan yarns you need to complete the project in the shades Jamie and Jessi used.   As all of these yarns are long discontinued this may be a one in a lifetime chance to knit the design in the original yarns.  The design calls for a tension of 32 stitches and 42 rows to 4 inches (10 cm) on US 2 (2.75mm) needles..
Technique:
Motif Intarsia
Difficulty:
Experienced
Rarity:
All the vintage rowan yarns in this kit have been long discontinued.  The kit represents a rare opportunity for you to create this design in the colors the Seatons specified.
Kit Contents:  The kit contains an original pattern leaflet, shade card, label and all the yarn you require to finish the sweater with either neckline in any of the three sizes.  Botany in Black (62), Grey/green (100), Sea Green (91), Red (44), Light Blue (51), Ginger (26), Rose (69), Plum (70), Royal (56), Iris (501), Silver (120), Apricot (103), and Aubergine (94); Rowan Fine Fleck Tweed in Midnight (54), and Light Blue (51); and Kaffe Fassett Light Tweed in Atlantic (223).  Where multiple balls or skeins are specified, the kit contains matching dye lots.
As with all of our RareRowan kits, this pack has been carefully stored in a non-smoking home, and these vintage yarns and fabric will arrive to you in pristine condition. We stock our kits in two locations and only ship on weekends from Katy Texas. If you need a fast turnaround on shipping, please inquire before purchase so we can make a firm commitment on a ship date.
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