Meet Brewster. She's entirely seamless, knitted from the top-down, striped, fair isle'd--an all around modern beauty (in my humble opinion). The PDF pattern with integrated video content is now available in my shop for sizes 31"-52". More details here...

I was inspired to design this immediately after I finished writing the manuscript for my forthcoming book. Why didn't I want to take a break, you ask? Well, because I'm a little crazy I guess. Actually, I've been thinking about this design for almost a year. Brewster has a very unusual seamless-top-down-set-in sleeve/shoulder construction (worked kind of like a yoke) that I developed for one of the patterns in my book. I loved it so much, that I couldn't wait to try it out again.

I've seen a few similar yoke-esque seamless-top-down-set-in sleeve designs, but they all seemed to have a sort of faux seam on the top of the shoulder that I didn't like. If you know my design work, you know that I am a big fan of a particular type of shoulder construction where the seam falls slightly over the back of the shoulder. So I took that style of shoulder and figured out how to work it from the top down and also include the sleeve caps–all at the same time. The result is not only a really beautiful silhouette, but also a very entertaining thing to knit. And since there are no seams to sew, the set-in sleeve is pretty much fail proof.

Another thing I'm excited about is the integrated video content that I have included in the pattern PDF. I've been creating tons of new video tutorials so I found a way to link to my videos inside my patterns. The videos cover some of the skills that most patterns gloss over–things like blocking or how to pick up stitches. My goal with this is to make my patterns more accessible to knitters who aren't confident that they have the necessary skills. I'm really excited to offer this kind of content in my patterns, and I'd love to hear what you think about it.

I'd also love to hear what you think about the overall design in the comments below. What colors would you choose for your Brewster?