Velino

© Tom Barr

Today Colour Moves’ design is another set called Velino, with a slouch and a matching pair of mitts.

My other source of inspiration are landscapes and Velino patterns have been named from a mountain very familiar to me. Above my birth town of Avezzano (in the Italian region of Abruzzo) sits the mountain of Velino, standing at 2,487 m high. Away from my familiar environments, the memories of Velino didn’t fade, instead I felt an urgency to knit something tangible from those memories.

© Valeria Fiocchetti

In winter Velino is frequently capped with snow and in summer, the rocks that cover its surface gleam in the sunlight, rough and white. A particular beautiful view of Velino can be enjoyed from the roman archeological site of Alba Fucens, as you can see in the photo below.

© Claudia Fiocchetti

The colour and texture of this hat and mitts set recalls the mountainous landscape of my childhood.

I guess that many knitters can relate to this kind of inspiration source!

© Tom Barr

© Tom Barr

Velino designs have been knitted in Kiloran shade of KDD Àrd-Thìr yarn, which is an aran-weight blend of 60% Peruvian highland wool and 40% Alpaca, very soft, warm and a great pleasure to knit with.

As already said, in Colour Moves collection you'll find 17 individual accessory designs, in two beautiful (and very different) KDD yarns: fingering-weight Milarrochy Tweed and Aran-weight Àrd-Thìr. 

Come back tomorrow to discover which will be the new Colour Moves pattern!

Claudia

Yarn notes

Aran woollen-alpaca yarn, 65m / 71yds per 50g skein, WPI = 8, in one shade.

Yarn used for samples: Kate Davies Designs Àrd-Thìr (60% Peruvian Highland Wool; 40% Alpaca; 65m / 71yds per 50g skein) in Kiloran shade. For slouch: 105gr. For mitts: 66gr.

Colour Moves is on Ravelry too.