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Fanø Tile Shawl
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Worked from charts, Christel Seyfarth’s masterpiece of stranded knitting, The Fanø Tile Shawl, is simpler to make than it looks. Photos by Matt Graves
Christel Seyfarth was inspired by antique handpainted tiles from her homeland and created an interesting technique to add dimension to her colorwork. Current PieceWork magazine subscribers can log in and instantly access this bonus subscriber-exclusive PDF download below.
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The Fanø Tile Shawl by Danish knitting master Christel Seyfarth is one of the most striking shawls that I have ever seen. The design is based on the antique Dutch hand-painted tiles that came from Friesland, The Netherlands that were brought back to Denmark via the sailing ships of from the 1600s to the early 1900s. Fanø is an island that is situated in the North Sea, off of the coast of southwestern Denmark, and the tiles were such a popular part of the culture that there is actually a museum on Fanø with a collection of these historical tiles.
This closeup highlights the striped border and jaunty tassels that frame the shawl.
Christel Seyfarth was inspired by antique handpainted tiles from her homeland and created an interesting technique to add dimension to her colorwork. Current PieceWork magazine subscribers can log in and instantly access this bonus subscriber-exclusive PDF download below.
Bigger Charts for Stranded Knitting Success
The Fanø Tile Shawl by Danish knitting master Christel Seyfarth is one of the most striking shawls that I have ever seen. The design is based on the antique Dutch hand-painted tiles that came from Friesland, The Netherlands that were brought back to Denmark via the sailing ships of from the 1600s to the early 1900s. Fanø is an island that is situated in the North Sea, off of the coast of southwestern Denmark, and the tiles were such a popular part of the culture that there is actually a museum on Fanø with a collection of these historical tiles.
This closeup highlights the striped border and jaunty tassels that frame the shawl.
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Seyfarth’s rendition of these signature blue and cream tiles is constructed in a very clever fashion—the shawl is knitted in the round and then cut to reveal the triangular shape. The beautiful gradations of color are accomplished in a simple manner by knitting with a “magic ball” of yarn—a large ball composed of many shades of yarn tied together. There is a bold striped border, and there are handmade tassels that accentuate the corners of the shawl.
The pattern for The Fanø Tile Shawl is in PieceWork’s Spring 2024 issue in its entirety. In order to make knitting this stranded knitting project even more approachable, we are providing large charts as a bonus to our subscribers. The downloadable charts are available here:
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