Mary Jane Mucklestone Is Coming to Yarn Trader

Mary Jane Mucklestone is a knitwear designer, teacher, and author of six knitting books specializing in stranded colorwork. Her volumes, 200 Fair Isle Motifs and 150 Scandinavian Motifs, sit on thousands of knitter’s bookshelves worldwide. Endlessly inspired by traditional knitting, she likes to apply vintage ideas to modern knitwear. 

Her latest book, Grand Shetland Adventure Knits, co-authored with her friend, designer Gudrun Johnston, takes the knitter on a trip to Shetland. Shot on location in stunning scenery, it includes patterns for the knits to wear or knit while visiting Shetland or wherever your adventures take you! 

Mary Jane loves to teach and is thrilled to have the opportunity to visit Australia. She specializes in lively informative classes where history, craft, fashion, and location meet. With lots of personal attention, she aims to give students the courage to try something new. 

We are delighted to be hosting MJ for a long weekend of workshops, as well as the odd social event as well!

Friday 31st May – Fresh Fair Isle (All Day) $330

Mary Jane’s signature Fair Isle knitting class. Liven up your Fair Isle knitting; spend the day exploring color and pattern!

Saturday 1st June – Contemporary Stranded Colourwork (Half Day) $170

Knit bold contemporary looks using the principles of traditional Fair Isle knitting. Mary Jane will share her love of stranded knitting by embracing traditional techniques that simplify the work while modernizing the look with graphic geometric shapes and a contemporary take on color.

Saturday 1st June – The Interaction of Color in Fair Isle Knitting (Half Day) $170

In three hours of swift knitting, we’ll comprehend the incredible color variation achieved using the same colors in different arrangements.

Sunday 2nd June – Fair Isle Hat Design (Full Day) $330

Begin designing with Fair Isle motifs by starting with a hat! MJ provides a basic hat pattern with multiple options for you to pick and choose from to make it your own. Experiment with color! Go wild and invent your own pattern motifs—MJ will show you how!

Tickets to all these events will go on sale Friday 9th December at 4;30pm ACDT

Set your alarms now!