Blending Two Traditional Knitting Techniques
The Log Cabin style blanket is something Carol's been looking at for a while. The simplicity of the style and the graphic and colourful possibilities it opened up, had her fascinated.
At its most basic, it's all in garter stitch, starting with a central garter stitch square and then turning at right angles you continue to work garter strips. These strips get longer (but not wider) with each new strip. This opens up the possibility of using many different colours making it a great style if you want to use up yarn that you have as leftovers.
However, Carol does love to experiment. So, she's taken the basic idea of the Log Cabin style and combined garter and Gansey strips of knitting. This has involved some careful calculations to ensure each strip is the same length and width even with different stitch patterns.
The final squares are very satisfying to knit and make you want to keep knitting ‘just one more’! To learn more about the techniques in this blanket pattern, watch this video.
Your Designer - Carol Feller
Carol Feller trained initially as a textile artist and then as a structural engineer. While both of these backgrounds are very different the influences can be seen in her design work which is well-shaped, flattering to wear and enjoyable to knit.
She strives to design clothing with a difference: not overly complex, but still giving a very unique end product. She likes to work with different construction methods, so long as they enhance the knitting experience and make for a more intuitively put-together knitted item.
Carol has been widely published in books and magazine and travels the world teaching in yarn shops and fibre festivals. The classes she teaches cover a wide range of subjects from cables and chart reading, through garment shaping and customisation right through to short rows and colourwork. In her classes, you'll move from learning the basics to refining your knitting skills and fixing problems.
What's on the Curriculum?
Sizing Options
Our Blanket Club will have three sizing options; either the Lap size, Throw and Bedspread.
The Lap Blanket will have 6 squares – 2 x 3.
The Throw Blanket will have 12 squares – 3 x 4.
The Bedspread will have 20 squares – 4 x 5.
Please note that each square is approx. 16 inches (slight variation depending on square location).
Reviews
"The blanket club is really good value for money - lovely quality wool in different colours, and 12 great original cable patterns! There's online tutorials going through each pattern, and finishing, and also able to email Carol with any questions. I'm really enjoying making the squares and accessing the tutorials if I need to. Fantasic!"
-Helen R, Blanket Club 2024.
"I love the patterns and the yarn. It’s such an easy project to take on the go since I’m working one square at a time. The pattern is very easy to understand. And the blanket will be gorgeous and comfy to use."
-Dana Ellis, Galway Blanket Club, 2023.
"Digital club option makes it possible to enjoy the designs and community of knitters while keeping to a budget."
-Becky B, Blanket Club 2024
Supporting The Together Academy
This year through our Blanket Club, we are supporting the Together Academy by donating €5 from every club sold. This is a charity that Ellie herself supports with her other sales.
The Together Academy is an initiative of The Down Syndrome Centre and is a unique college and social enterprise in Dublin that provides young adults with certified training, practical work experience, employment opportunities and a critical social and support network.
Currently, 90% of adults with Down Syndrome in Ireland are not in paid employment.
Together, we can help change that statistic.
For more details on Ellie Dunne's yarn and the chosen charity, you can watch this video.
Looking For More?
Browse our past Clubs. Each one offers different knitting patterns
for you to learn new and exciting tips and techniques.
