Louisa Gauge

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Professional knitter offering sample, pattern testing and commissioned work. Please contact me via message if you have questions or requests for knitted goods.

Pricing varies depending on project. Pricing & timeline determined before start of project. Pricing is determined by length of yarn knit and technique.

03/19/2024

⚓️ Pattern Intro: Holdfast Hat by in Supersoft ⚓️

The Holdfast Hat was inspired by rippling water moving over stationary vegetation.The three colors invite to play with your favorite colorways, or branch out of your comfort zone a little!

The hat is worked from the brim up. After the one-color brim you work stranded colorwork throughout the body and the crown, never working more than two colors at a time.

Holdfast is a part of our upcoming Issue 11, "Seashore". You can preorder your copy now through us or one of our stockists - and you can subscribe to get 15% off compared to buying two magazine issues per year! Head over to making-stories.com to get your copy of Issue 11 ⚓️

01/06/2024

I am looking for testers for this top down circular stranded yoke pullover. The sample is knit with Sustainawool in a cushy 18x24 stitch gauge. Testing period lasts for 8 weeks starting Wednesday, January 10 until Tuesday, March 4.
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This pullover is graded up to 8 sizes ranging from 31 - 59 inch / 78 - 149 cm bust/chest circumference with 4 in / 10 cm of positive ease.
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Sample shown was knit with four colors of Sustainawool (Salt & Pepper, Charcoal, Celadon, Prairie Milkweed).
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More information listed in the Louisa Gauge group chat on Ravelry. Link to Louisa Gauge patterns on Ravelry in profile.

01/01/2024

Happy New Year y’all! To celebrate, enjoy 50% off all Louisa Gauge patterns.
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Thank you for all of your support in 2023!

11/26/2023

I have a small inventory of hand knit stranded hats available for purchase.
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Made with locally sourced, milled and dyed
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Reach out if interested. 😊

10/31/2023

The first snow is falling for the winter season here and the hand knits are necessary for me to stay warm. This two layered stranded cowl is a sensible accessory and an enjoyable repetitive knit.
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Crate Cowl with Ridge Sport
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10/29/2023

Wander Mittens.
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For when the weather turns from warm and sunny to rainy and windy. This sample is knit with Lettlopi - the perfect fiber for keeping warm when the blustery winds of late autumn roll in.
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10/25/2023

Baaarter sweater. My go-to sweater for keeping warm during chores in the winter.
Shown here (left) in Sustainawool and (right) in Istex Lettlopi.
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(Hat - Crate Hat in Ridge Sport)
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10/21/2023

My first commissions - Crate Hat and Crate Mittens. 😊
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Both of these samples are knit with Ridge Sport and the patterns are currently 30% off until tomorrow at midnight.
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10/19/2023

Sheep to Shawl for
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The process for the fiber sourced by to transform into this Hearth Wrap was roughly two years.
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One year to grow on hoof, then the skilled shearer to shear the wool, fiber to be skirted, scoured, dyed and spun Fiber Mill, decisions on colors and design, swatch - swatch - and swatched again, casted on, knit, steeked, knit some more, then blocked before shipped off to Minnesota.
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Check out this wrap and other pieces made by local Makers at the Anderson Center in Red Wing, MN starting October 21 until January 20th.
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fact: this wrap was made with roughly 48,000 stitches and 1200 yards of fine wool, 3-ply yarn
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Pattern: Hearth Wrap (pattern to be released soon)
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Yarn: Ridge Sport (Dark Natural Brown, 5% gray, Joe Pye, Denim Heather)
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Photos shown: 1) finished wrap, 2) sheep gathered on shearing day at Ewetopia Farm 3) cormo ram being sheared at Ewetopia Farm by Bryan Jones 4) two spinners at Ewetopia Fiber Mill, with Boomer, the dog in front 5) caked yarn ready to be knit 6) first few rounds of knit wrap 7) work in progress, with shown steek stitches 8) backside of wrap with floats showing 9) garter stitch border in the works 10) blocking of finished wrap
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10/18/2023

When one chart isn’t enough. 😊Both charts are included in the Bunting Sweater pattern with bust/chest sizes ranging from 32-62 inch / 81-158 cm.
30% discount available now until Sunday, October 22 at midnight (discount applied automatically, no code needed)
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Pattern: Bunting Sweater
Yarn: Ridge Sport (left: Pink Roses, Dark Natural Brown right: Moss, Prairie Milkweed, Brick Heather)
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